Emil Sick (June 3, 1894 – November 10, 1964) was a

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worker and industrialist in

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and later the

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He is best known for his involvement as owner of baseball teams and stadiums in Seattle and

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from the 1930s until 1960. In 1928 he founded, with

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, an aviation company, the Great Western Airways which acquired Purple Label Airlines operating

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