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Bookmark or Share- Bill Veeck Returns as White Sox Owner | Baseball Hall of FameOn Dec. 16, 1975, Veeck's investor group bought 80 percent of the Chicago White Sox from John Allyn, putting the colorful owner in charge of the White Sox for the second time and in control of his fourth major league club.
- ESPN.com - CLASSIC - SportsCentury biography of Bill VeeckBorn on Feb. 9, 1914, in Chicago, Veeck grew up in the suburb of Hinsdale. When Bill was four, his father, sportswriter William Veeck Sr., became president of the Chicago Cubs.
- Bill Veeck: The Maverick Who Changed Baseball - American HeritageBill Veeck changed baseball forever, integrating the American League in 1949 and creating a variety of stunts and promotions to bring more people to the stadium.
- Bill Veeck | Baseball Innovator & Executive | BritannicaBill Veeck (born February 9, 1914, Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S.—died January 2, 1986, Chicago, Illinois) was an American professional baseball club executive and owner, who introduced many innovations in promotion.
- Bill Veeck - Society for American Baseball ResearchBill Veeck lived a joyously public life and wrote his own legend. Sometimes it is hard to know where the life stops and the legend begins. William Louis Veeck Jr. was born in Chicago on February 9, 1914, to William L. Veeck Sr. and Grace Greenwood DeForest Veeck.
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