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    August Anheuser "Gussie" Busch Jr. (March 28, 1899 – September 29, 1989) was an American brewing magnate who built the Anheuser-Busch into the largest...
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    son August A. "Gussie" Busch Jr. August Anheuser Busch was born on December 29, 1865, in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Adolphus Busch, was the German-born...
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    and Peter. Billy Busch Sr. Christi Busch Billy Busch Jr. Haley Busch Abbey Busch Gussie Busch Grace Busch Maddie Busch Peter Busch Jake Fusia Marissa...
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  • million) than what out-of-town suitors had on the table, Anheuser-Busch president Gussie Busch persuaded Saigh that civic pride was more important than money...
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  • mother of his younger two children, Steven Busch and Virginia "Ginny" Busch. Unlike his father Gussie Busch, August III has been a lifelong supporter of...
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    St. Louis Cardinals (category Anheuser-Busch)
    World Series until 1964. In 1953 the Anheuser-Busch brewery bought the Cardinals and August "Gussie" Busch became team president, spurring the Browns' departure...
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  • 1913–1934 August A. Busch Sr. 1934–1946 Adolphus Busch III 1946–1971 Gussie Busch 1971–1974 Richard A. Meyer 1974–2002 August A. Busch III 2002–2006 Patrick...
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    owner Gussie Busch named the venue for himself two years before introducing Busch beer.[citation needed] Other beers marketed under the Busch brand name...
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  • and others. Gussie or Gussy may refer to: Edward Augustus Bowles (1865–1954), British horticulturalist, botanist and writer Gussie Busch (1899–1989),...
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    in 1975 as Busch Gardens: The Old Country. The St. Louis-based brewer invested in the area following negotiations held between Gussie Busch and Winthrop...
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    for the start of the 1969 season. Gussie Busch, the Cardinals' president and then-CEO of team owners Anheuser-Busch, spent lavishly to ensure Caray recovered...
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    friend and fellow duck-hunter Gussie Busch to consider buying the team. Busch used the resources of the Anheuser-Busch company to purchase the Cardinals...
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  • August Busch may refer to: August Anheuser Busch, Sr. (1865–1934), 2nd generation brewing magnate Gussie Busch, August A. "Gussie" Busch, Jr., (1899–1989)...
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    had four siblings, including August A. "Gussie" Busch Jr. Busch joined the family business of the Anheuser-Busch Company and developed its baker's yeast...
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    season in the National League, and its first full season at Busch Memorial Stadium. Gussie Busch hired former outfielder Stan Musial as general manager before...
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    to three consecutive playoff appearances from 1976 to 1978. Hired by Gussie Busch in 1980 to helm the St. Louis Cardinals, the team made three World Series...
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  • (MLB). In 1953, the Anheuser-Busch (AB) brewery bought the Cardinals, and August "Gussie" Busch became team president. Busch's influence is still seen today...
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    Whitey Herzog. Given the task of overhauling the Cardinals by owner Gussie Busch (and specifically to unload Templeton), Herzog was looking to trade Templeton...
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  • Cardinals were bought by Anheuser-Busch and Gussie Busch became team president, which he would remain until his death in 1989. Busch then purchased Sportsman's...
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    Grant's Farm (category Anheuser-Busch)
    beer baron, August A. "Gussie" Busch, Jr. for approximately $30 million. The deal required a city judge to back four of the Busch heirs in order to release...
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    Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley, St. Louis Cardinals owner Gussie Busch, and Oakland Athletics owner Charlie O. Finley. In the 1980s, Reinsdorf...
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  • (MLB). Brewing magnate Gussie Busch's 37-year-long ownership of the club ended with his death in 1989, and his brewery, Anheuser-Busch (AB) took over. In...
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  • daughter in a freak car accident late in 1974, the aging Anheuser–Busch CEO Gussie Busch, who had already become unusually wary of spending company money...
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    ended, Flood was upset when Cardinals' president Gussie Busch, and CEO of team owner Anheuser-Busch, offered him only a $5,000 raise, far short of the...
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    retiring from baseball after the 1968 season. Gussie Busch, who owned the St. Louis Cardinals and Anheuser-Busch, had gotten Maris started in the beer business...
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    Cardinals at 61–54 and 9+1⁄2 games out of first place, an impatient Gussie Busch fired general manager Bing Devine. Devine had been GM of the Cardinals...
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  • Brooklyn Gundi Busch (1935–2014), German figure skater and coach Gussie Busch (1899–1989), 3rd generation brewing magnate Hans Busch (1884–1973), German...
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    divorced a second time, then married Elizabeth Busch Burke, daughter of brewing executive Gussie Busch, in 1977. Sportswriter Bob Wolf of the Milwaukee...
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    February 6, 2023. Archives, Lorraine Kee From the Post-Dispatch. "When Gussie Busch bought the Cardinals in 1953, he asked, 'Where are our Negro ballplayers...
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    six 20–win seasons. Following another salary dispute, Cardinals owner Gussie Busch ordered Carlton traded. The Cardinals were offering $55,000 and Carlton...
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