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Commissioner of Major League Baseball
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Commissioner of Baseball.
William Eckert (1965–1968)
Retired US ArmyLTGWilliam Eckert became a serious candidate for the commissionership only after fellow general officerCurtis LeMay gave Major League Baseball a recommendation for him. On November 17, 1965, by a unanimous vote of the then-20 major league club owners, William Eckert became the fourth commissioner of Major League Baseball.