• Wadsworth Wirtz (October 5, 1929 – September 26, 2007) was the chief executive officer and controlling shareholder of the family-owned Wirtz Corporation...
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  • principal owner in franchise history. Wirtz grew up in Winnetka, Illinois. His father, Rocky Wirtz, his grandfather Bill, and great-grandfather Arthur were...
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  • William Wirtz may refer to: W. Willard Wirtz (1912–2010), U.S. administrator, cabinet officer, attorney and law professor Bill Wirtz (1929–2007), chief...
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  • Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz, as well as the grandfather of the late Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz, who died on July 25, 2023. Wirtz was born on January...
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  • Norris' longtime partner Arthur Wirtz and his son Bill Wirtz. The Wirtz–Norris partnership dated over three decades; Arthur Wirtz had been a minority partner...
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    William Rockwell "Rocky" Wirtz (October 5, 1952 – July 25, 2023) was an American businessman. He was the principal owner and chairman of the Chicago Blackhawks...
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  • Wirtz may refer to: Arthur Wirtz (1901–1983), American businessman, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks & Bulls Bill Wirtz (1929–2007), American businessman...
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    complained of tampering by the Black Hawks, and demanded that Chicago owner Bill Wirtz submit to a lie detector test. According to documents held by Orr, they...
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  • ruled by a triumvirate of Ziegler, Eagleson and Chicago Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz, who was chairman of the NHL board of governors. Eagleson was also active...
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    commentators Pat Foley and Bill Gardner; Foley ultimately returned to the Blackhawks for the 2008–09 season after Bill Wirtz died and his son Rocky took...
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  • short-lived subscription TV service founded by Wirtz Corporation and Chicago Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz. The service broadcast Chicago Blackhawks games...
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  • had created a committee to investigate the possibility of a merger, while Bill DeWitt, Jr., owner of the WHA's Cincinnati Stingers, stated that Ziegler...
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    of a goal horn in NHL ice hockey is said to have begun in 1974, when Bill Wirtz, then-owner of the Chicago Blackhawks, liked the sound of the Kahlenberg...
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    Irvin & Kenneth Feld Productions in 1979 purchased from Chicago-based Bill Wirtz the Holiday on Ice and Ice Follies for $12 million. The company soon approached...
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    inheriting the team from father Bill Wirtz upon his death in September 2007, new Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz decided to lift his father's years-long...
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    Foley at Grand Rapids Owls' games and pass them along to Michael Wirtz, brother of Bill Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks. This secured Foley a position...
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    Sutter was being courted by other teams to be their head coach. Owner Bill Wirtz did not want to lose Sutter, especially since Keenan had stated, in July...
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    then allowed Sutter to negotiate with the Kings. The Blackhawks' owner Bill Wirtz and senior vice president Bob Pulford intervened preventing the Kings...
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    the Montreal Canadiens and the Chicago Black Hawks. Black Hawks owner Bill Wirtz had the horn of his yacht installed in the team’s home arena, Chicago...
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  • reported that NHL president Campbell and Chicago Black Hawks' owner Bill Wirtz had concluded an agreement with the Soviets for the Soviet national team...
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  • Tribune, Chicago (April 19, 1993). "– Hockey ABCs: Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz…". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 29, 2024. Nidetz, Steve (April...
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    Preceded by Bill Wirtz Chairman of the NHL Board of Governors 1992–1994 Succeeded by Harley Hotchkiss...
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  • Governors 1966–1968 Succeeded by William M. Jennings Preceded by Bill Wirtz Chairman of the NHL Board of Governors 1972–1973 Succeeded by Bill Wirtz...
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    Frank Buckland William M. Jennings 1976 Jack Gibson Philip Dansken Ross Bill Wirtz 1977 Bunny Ahearne Harold Ballard Joseph Cattarinich 1978 Jack Bickell...
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    presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson Neil Strauss – journalist and author Bill Wirtz – former businessman and Chicago Blackhawks owner William Wrigley, Jr...
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  • Toguri D'Aquino, American wartime propaganda broadcaster (b. 1916) 2007 – Bill Wirtz, American businessman (b. 1929) 2008 – Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player...
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  • reconciliation were frequently blocked by Toronto's Harold Ballard, Chicago's Bill Wirtz, and Boston's Paul A. Mooney, owners of the three NHL teams most affected...
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    Player 1978 Tom Fitzgerald Media 1978 William Thayer Tutt Executive 1978 Bill Wirtz Executive 1979 Bobby Orr Player 1980 Bobby Clarke Player 1980 Ed Snider...
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  • Jim Bukata of the ABA, the NBA opposed Kentucky joining the league, and Bill Wirtz of the Chicago Bulls opposed Kentucky joining because Chicago wanted to...
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  • no avail. The unofficial "Wirtz Law" name comes from the fact that the law was passed after Wirtz Corporation owner Bill Wirtz and other distributors had...
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