Peter N. E. Hardy

Peter N. E. Hardy was a Canadian brewer and was one of the founding baseball executives of the Toronto Blue Jays. Hardy was born in London, Ontario in 1917 and later joined John Labatt's Limited and rose to the title of Chairman at the brewery. In 1976, Hardy became Vice-Chairman of the Toronto Blue Jays and later became Chairman and CEO of the club. Hardy retired in 1992 after the blue jays first world series win and was then succeeded by Peter Widderington. Midway through the '93 season he was brought back in to replace Peter Widderington to ensure a second world series title. After the 1993 win he fully retired. In 1985 he was named by sports illustrated as the best owner/personification as close for their cover story on mlb' s dream team..^[1]

Married to Dorothy, Hardy died in 1997 at age 80. He was inducted to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004.

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