Dan Topping
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Daniel Reid Topping (June 11, 1912 - May 18, 1974) was a part owner and president of the New York Yankees baseball team from 1945 to 1964. Topping, along with Del Webb and Larry MacPhail, purchased the Yankees for $2.8 million from the estate of the late Jacob Ruppert on January 25, 1945. MacPhail sold his share of the team to Topping and Webb in 1947, and the two sold controlling interest in the team to CBS in 1964, after which Topping remained as team president until 1966, when he sold his remaining stake in the Yankees.
Topping was married to Olympic champion Sonja Henie from 1940 to 1946, one of his five marriages. He died of complications from a lung ailment in Miami Beach, Florida at age 61.
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