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Nov 1, 2022 · On November 1, 1946 — Surgeons amputate the right foot of Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck. Two years before, the colorful executive had suffered a serious injury to his leg in the South Pacific during World War II. Veeck has had a tremendous impact on promotion in a half season of ownership.
May 3, 2019 · He hobbled on a wooden leg—the result of a World War II wound—but loved to dance exuberantly. He refused to wear ties and preferred a cheap seat in the bleachers, even when he owned the stadium. He was baseball’s resident intellectual and most gleefully vulgar self-promoter.
Over the course of his life he had 36 operations on the leg. [3] He had a series of wooden legs and, as an inveterate smoker, cut holes in them to use as ashtrays. Veeck also used the wooden leg in props such as a recreation of iconic Revolutionary War soldiers during the Bicentennial year of 1976.
Veeck helped to introduce the designated hitter, interleague play, a system of playoffs, free agency, and expansion of the leagues. His role as baseball’s greatest promoter began in 1941, when he left the Cubs and bought his first team, the bankrupt and mismanaged minor league Milwaukee Brewers.
Nov 11, 2009 · This time Veeck couldn't help but stand under the floodlights, sporting his newest trademark accessory: His wound would never fully heal, and in 1946, after a series of infections, Bill Veeck's right leg was amputated nine inches below the knee.
After a stint in the Marines in World War II, during which he lost his right leg, Veeck sought a path into the major leagues. Devising a debenture-stock group that enabled financial backers to put the majority of their money into loans for the team, Veeck was able to become a minority owner of the Cleveland Indians for $268,000 in 1946.
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An accident cost him his right foot and, even after 36 operations over the rest of his life, his leg as well. Before entering the military, Veeck secured backing to buy the Philadelphia Phillies...
