Horace B. Griffen
| Horace B. Griffen | |
|---|---|
 Horace B. Griffen.jpg Griffen circa 1956 | |
| Born | Horace Bigelow Griffen, Jr. December 28, 1894 Hillsboro, Kansas, U.S. |
| 💀Died | August 22, 1972 (aged 77) Mesa, Arizona, U.S.August 22, 1972 (aged 77) |
| 💼 Occupation | *Journalist
|
| Known for | *baseball career
|
| 🏛️ Political party | Republican |
Horace Bigelow Griffen Jr. (December 28, 1894 – August 22, 1972) was an American baseball player,[1] journalist,[2] and politician.[3]
Biography
Early life, baseball and military service
He was born in Hillsboro, Kansas to Horace Bigelow Griffen, Sr., a mail carrier and his wife. His family moved to Tempe, Arizona during his infancy. He attended Arizona State University, where he played baseball for the school, and was signed by the Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association before being called up as a professional baseball player on the Chicago White Sox for two months, describing his time there as having "warmed the bench".[1][4][5] In 1914, he was also the head coach of the Arizona State University baseball team, coaching the team to a 6-5 record.[6][7] Shortly after graduating from college, he joined the military in World War I,[4] during which he served for three years in the Quartermaster Corps.
Career
Griffen worked for nearly fifty years in the advertising and circulation department of The Arizona Republic, a daily newspaper published in Phoenix, beginning in 1914.[4]In 1949, it was reported that Griffen and another businessman, Woodie Jongeward, were preparing an effort to break the flight endurance record,[8] as a hobbyist pilot, but the effort was not further reported on.
Personal life
Griffen had a son, Horace Bigelow Griffen, III, who died in Yuma, Arizona in 2017 at the age of 96.[9]Details of Griffen’s marriage(s), other children or other details of his personal life are unavailable
Death
Griffen died on August 22, 1972, at the Country Club Nursing Home in Mesa, Arizona.[10][11]
Politics
In the 1956 Arizona gubernatorial election, Griffen sought the Republican party's nominee for governor, winning over O.D. Miller and Fred Trump.[2][12] However, he lost the general election to incumbent Democrat governor Ernest McFarland.[13][14] Griffen retired from the newspaper business in 1964.[4]
Endorsements
Eugene C. Pulliam, the owner of the Republic and The Gazette, paid tribute to Griffen by saying.
He was one of the grandest men of the Republic and Gazette family. He had been a newspaperman all his life and he was one of the best. I doubt if any newspaperman with the possible exception of Ben Avery knew as many people as Horace did. You just don't fill the shoes of a man like Horace Griffen. Everybody who knew him loved him and he will certainly be missed by the entire Republic and Gazette organization.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Griffen Gets On White Sox", Arizona Republic (April 17, 1914), p. 8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Horace B. Griffen | People and Organizations | Tempe History Museum". emuseum.tempe.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ↑ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Horace B. Griffen". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Horace Griffen Ends Career on Republic", Arizona Republic (September 3, 1964), p. 12.
- ↑ "News and Views of Sport", Arizona Republic (April 3, 1914), p. 2.
- ↑ "2019 Arizona Sun Devils guidebook" (PDF). p. 80. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 22, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ↑ "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org.
- ↑ "Yuma Flyers To Go After Flight Mark", The Californian (April 4, 1949), p. 21.
- ↑ "Horace B. Griffen Obituary (1921 - 2017) The Durango Herald". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ↑ "H. B. Griffen, former R&G executive, dies". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. August 23, 1972. p. 27. Retrieved August 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
.
- ↑ "Horace B. Griffen Sr. dies (continued)". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. August 23, 1972. p. 28. Retrieved August 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Our Campaigns - AZ Governor - R Primary Race - Sep 11, 1956". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ↑ "Presidential, Gubernatorial, House and Senate Votes Reported", The San Francisco Examiner (November 7, 1956), p. 5.
- ↑ "Democrats, Republicans Run Even in Governorship Races", Press and Sun-Bulletin (November 7, 1956), p. 32.
External links
- Horace B. Griffen at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
This article "Horace B. Griffen" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Horace B. Griffen. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
|
This page exists already on Wikipedia. |
