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Executives in Frontier & Sport
61 people, across 6 fields.
Field:
All
Technology & Building 24
Business & Labor 21
Ideas & Media 5
Arts & Letters 4
Frontier & Sport 4
Government & Politics 3
Branch Rickey 1881–1965SportsInvented the farm system, then signed Jackie Robinson and ended segregated baseball.
Eddie Rickenbacker 1890–1973Exploration, Aviation & SpaceWorld War I ace of aces and longtime head of Eastern Air Lines
Pete Rozelle 1926–1996SportsPersuaded the owners to share television money and built the modern NFL on it.
Frank Borman 1928–2023Exploration, Aviation & SpaceCommander of Apollo 8, the first mission to orbit the Moon, and later CEO of Eastern Air Lines.