Harold J. Gibbons
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Harold Joseph Patrick Gibbons (April 10, 1910 – 17 November 1982) was an American trade unionist and labor leader.
Born the youngest of 23 children in Archibald Patch, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. He became a St. Louis union leader at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters the third of three international trade union vice presidencies he held. He was also a vice president of the teacher's union and the AF of L. He was a delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1952. He was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union and NAACP.
He was widely considered for a time to be the heir apparent to Jimmy Hoffa, and his work landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents.
Gibbons died, from complications of a ruptured aortic aneurysm, in Los Angeles, California, November, 17. 1982. Interment was at Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
The site of the original Sportsman's Park baseball stadium in St. Louis, now a neighborhood playground, was named "Harold J. Gibbons Field" for him.
[edit] References
- Ledbetter, Les (November 19, 1982). H.J. Gibbons, 72, Once Viewed As Hoffa's Heir. New York Times
- Gibbons via Political Graveyard
- Staff report (Jun 28, 1973). Lists of White House 'Enemies' and Memorandums Relating to Those Named. New York Times
