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Politicians Who Were Involved in Professional Sports in Massachusetts
as players, owners, commissioners, sports journalists, etc.

Fred L. Doringer (b. 1889) — also known as Joe Doringer — of Fairmont, Marion County, W.Va. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 19, 1889. Democrat. Auditor; talent scout for Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team; studio director, Radio Station WMMN, Fairmont; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1933-38, 1943-52. Lutheran. Member, Elks; Moose. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Phillip Doringer and Phillipine Doringer; married, March 11, 1922, to Cora L. Morris.   Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951   Thomas H. Duffy (1880-1969) — also known as "Plucky Duffy" — of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in County Armagh, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), March 8, 1880. Democrat. Champion boxer, competed in U.S. and Europe; freight conductor for Boston & Maine Railroad; mayor of Woburn, Mass., 1925-27; defeated, 1927; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928. Irish ancestry. Died in Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., May 14, 1969 (age 89 years, 67 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woburn, Mass.   Relatives: Married 1902 to Alice O'Donnell.   Francis John Fennelly (1860-1920) — also known as Francis J. Fennelly; Frank Fennelly — of Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., February 18, 1860. Democrat. Played for the Cincinnati and Philadelphia Athletics baseball teams, 1884-90; merchant; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Tenth Bristol District, 1905-06. Died in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., August 4, 1920 (age 60 years, 168 days). Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Edward Joseph King (1925-2006) — also known as Edward J. King; Ed King — of Winthrop, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Chelsea, Suffolk County, Mass., May 11, 1925. Democrat. Governor of Massachusetts, 1979-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1980. Catholic. Played pro football as a guard with the Buffalo Bisons in 1948-49, and the Baltimore Colts in 1950. Died, following brain surgery after two falls, in Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Middlesex County, Mass., September 18, 2006 (age 81 years, 130 days). Interment at Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Public Officers of Massachusetts, 1979-80   Oscar Haskell Morris (b. 1876) — also known as Oscar H. Morris — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., March 8, 1876. Republican. Newspaper sports editor; member of Wisconsin state senate 4th District, 1921-33. Burial location unknown.   Lawrence Francis O'Brien (1917-1990) — also known as Lawrence F. O'Brien; Larry O'Brien — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., July 17, 1917. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. Foster Furcolo, 1948-50; public relations business; U.S. Postmaster General, 1965-68; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1968-69, 1970-72; his office was the target of the Watergate burglary, 1972; commissioner, National Basketball Association, 1975-84. Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; American Legion. Died, of cancer, in New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 28, 1990 (age 73 years, 73 days). Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.   Relatives: Son of Lawrence F. O'Brien, Sr. and Myra (Sweeney) O'Brien; married, May 30, 1944, to Elva Lena Brassard.   See also Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Stephen Pagliuca (b. 1955) — Born in Framingham, Middlesex County, Mass., January 16, 1955. Democrat. Private equity investor; co-owner of the Boston Celtics pro basketball team; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 2009. Still living as of 2009.   Lewis R. Sullivan (1873-1928) — of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 29, 1873. Democrat. Boxer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1913-15, 1925-28; died in office 1928; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1916-21. Died, in the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 8, 1928 (age 54 years, 163 days). Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Roslindale, Boston, Mass.   Relatives: Half-brother of Jeremiah Mahoney; brother of Benjamin Sullivan; father of Lewis R. Sullivan II; uncle of James E. Sullivan.   Political family: Sullivan family of Massachusetts.

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