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Nick James Mileti (April 22, 1931 – August 21, 2024) was an American author, lawyer, businessman, sports entrepreneur and sports franchise owner who was, during the 1970s, the owner of the Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Crusaders, the Cleveland Arena, the Coliseum at Richfield, and radio station "3WE" WWWE AM/1100 (now WTAM).
Cleveland Stadium had been a symbol of the Indians' glory years in the 1940s and 1950s. [85] However, during the lean years even crowds of 40,000 were swallowed up by the cavernous environment. The old stadium was not aging gracefully; chunks of concrete were falling off in sections and the old wooden pilings were petrifying. [ 86 ]
Francis J. "Steve" O'Neill (September 18, 1899 – August 29, 1983) was the principal owner of the Cleveland Indians of the American League from 1978 through 1983. In 1978, O'Neill purchased the Indians from the ownership group headed by Ted Bonda. After his death, O'Neill's estate owned the team until Richard E. Jacobs purchased the Indians in ...
The Indians were only one game behind the division-leading Chicago White Sox on August 12 when a players strike wiped out the rest of the season. The strike also led to an absurdity: The Minnesota Twins traded Dave Winfield to the Cleveland Indians at the trade waiver deadline on August 31 for a "player to be named later". The 1994 season had ...
At the time of his death in February 2025, Dolan and his family were the longest tenured ownership group in the team's franchise history. [14] His son Paul , who has held ownership duties and the title of "Owner/CEO/Chairman" of the Cleveland Guardians since 2013, is also the only of Larry Dolan's six children to have held major leadership ...
For the 1990 baseball season, Coughlin served as a play by play announcer for the Cleveland Indians on the then-new SportsChannel Ohio (now Bally Sports Ohio). [ 7 ] In later years, Coughlin went into semi-retirement, though he still worked part-time at WJW as a co-host of Friday Night Touchdown during high school football season.
On a warm spring night along Lake Erie five decades ago, a well-intended promotion meant to attract fans for the perpetually lousy Cleveland Indians turned ugly and triggered a booze-fueled riot ...
Martin Gordon Autry (March 5, 1903 – January 26, 1950) was an American backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1924 and 1930 for the New York Yankees (1924), Cleveland Indians (1926–28) and Chicago White Sox (1929–30). Listed at 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m), 180 lb., Autry batted and threw right-handed.