WHO WAS TOM YAWKEY?
Tom Yawkey
Yawkey was 30 when he bought the Red Sox in 1933 with his inheritance from the lumber and iron business.
He sank millions into the team trying to build a winning franchise, making it his life's work, but never saw the team win a World Series.
Yawkey was apparently reluctant to integrate the Red Sox, waiting 12 years after Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color barrier to sign a black player.
Yawkey died in 1976 and his family controlled the team until 2002, when it was sold.
He was inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame in 1980.
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