• also the paternal uncle of actress Lois Chiles. Eddie Chiles was born in Itasca, Texas to Harsh Edmonds Chiles and Jewell (née Files). After graduating...
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  • Texas Rangers owner Eddie Chiles. She had two brothers: Clay Kirkland Chiles (died 1979),[citation needed] and William Edmonds Chiles, president and CEO...
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  • 22, 2007). "The Big Apple: "If you don't have an oil well, get one!" (Eddie Chiles of Western Company)". The Big Apple. Archived from the original on March...
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    three more games before being replaced by Darrell Johnson. Rangers owner Eddie Chiles said the poor play of the Rangers had nothing to do with Zimmer's firing...
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  • working as a Sales Engineer with Reed Roller Bit Company in Houston, Eddie Chiles founded the Western Company of North America in Fort Worth, Texas. He...
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  • In 2005 he married former model and actress Lois Chiles. Her paternal uncle was oil tycoon Eddie Chiles. Gilder died on May 12, 2020, at his home in Charlottesville...
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  • radio presenter Eddie Chiles (1910–1993), American businessman Henry G. Chiles Jr. (born 1938), United States Navy admiral James Chiles (died 1873), Confederate...
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  • have been employed to oversee day-to-day operations. Dan O'Brien Sr. and Eddie Robinson served as co-GMs from 1976 to 1979. "All-Time Owners". TexasRangers...
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    bought the naming rights to the stadium. In April 1989, Rangers owner Eddie Chiles sold the team to an investment group headed by George W. Bush. The aging...
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    Arbusto Energy, which, in turn, merged with Harken Energy in 1986. When Eddie Chiles prepared to sell the Texas Rangers baseball franchise in 1989, DeWitt...
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    during the 1992 season. In April 1989, Rangers owner and oil tycoon Eddie Chiles, sold the team to an investment group headed by George W. Bush for $89 million...
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  • Corbett sold the team to oil producer Eddie Chiles. Reportedly, in the latter years of his ownership, Chiles would invoke Corbett's name in meetings...
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  • learned from fellow Yale alumnus William DeWitt, Jr., that family friend Eddie Chiles wanted to sell the Texas Rangers baseball franchise along with the new...
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  • various statewide campaigns. In contrast, most other Texas oil barons like Eddie Chiles, Bunker and Lamar Hunt, Clint Murchison, and two-time Governor Bill Clements...
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    Rangers. He spent less than two years in the job and his firing by owner Eddie Chiles was different. Zimmer was fired on a Monday but asked to remain on through...
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  • Texas Rangers in a syndicated deal with Frank L. Morsani from oil tycoon Eddie Chiles for $89 million. The investment group was headed by George W. Bush, who...
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    during the 1992 season. In April 1989, Rangers owner and oil tycoon Eddie Chiles, sold the team to an investment group headed by George W. Bush, son of...
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    Stewart $500 for his remarks, but that wasn't enough for Rangers owner Eddie Chiles, who demanded that Grieve trade Stewart. After finding a weak market...
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  • board of directors. He sold his share of the team to majority owner Eddie Chiles in October 1982. In 2012, he commissioned Canadian biographer Rachel...
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    Cochran-inspired defense attorney Jackie Chiles, on the comedy Seinfeld. The episode "The Abstinence" depicts Chiles suing a tobacco company, which Morris...
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    of a 33% ownership stake in the Major League Baseball franchise from Eddie Chiles; the purchase initially failed to reach the two-thirds votes among American...
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  • Braves Rildia Bee O'Bryan Cliburn, mother of concert pianist Van Cliburn. Eddie Chiles, founder of the Western Company and one-time owner of the Texas Rangers...
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  • prevented Gaylord from buying the 58% interest by majority-owner Eddie Chiles, a share that Chiles would ultimately sell in a $46-million deal to an ownership...
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  • Mountain and minority owner of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team Eddie Chiles – Founder of the Western Company of North America and owner of the Texas...
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  • murdered. Tatiana Troyanos, 54, American mezzo-soprano, breast cancer. Eddie Chiles, 83, American businessman and baseball executive. Dinmukhamed Konayev...
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    Dallas financier Edward "Rusty" Rose purchased the team from oil man Eddie Chiles. The group named investor Tom Schieffer as Partner-In-Charge of Ballpark...
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  • and knew his abilities". Despite the appearance of spontaneity, engineer Eddie Kramer said that such sessions were not informal. "Jimi plotted and planned...
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    Eddie V's Prime Seafood is an American seafood and steak restaurant chain. The first Eddie V's was opened in Austin, Texas in 2000 by Guy Villavaso and...
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  • Division West Ballpark Arlington Stadium City Arlington, Texas Owners Eddie Chiles General managers Tom Grieve Managers Bobby Valentine Television KTVT...
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  • City Arlington, Texas Record 62-99 (.385) Divisional place 7th Owners Eddie Chiles General managers Tom Grieve Managers Doug Rader, Bobby Valentine Television...
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