Roy Francis McGillicuddy (August 27, 1888 – February 11, 1960), known as Roy Mack, was an American baseball team executive owner who co-owned the Philadelphia Athletics of the

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with his brother

Earle Mack Earle Thaddeus Mack (born Earle Thaddeus McGillicuddy; February 1, 1890 – February 4, 1967), was an American player and coach in Major League Baseball, and, during parts of two seasons, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics when his father ...

from through . Mack was born in

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in 1888, the son of Hall of Fame

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and former Athletics owner

Connie Mack Cornelius McGillicuddy (December 22, 1862 – February 8, 1956), better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and team owner. The longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history, he holds untoucha ...

and Gertrude Browning Chaffee. His paternal grandparents, Michael McGillicuddy and Mary McKillop, were born in Ireland. He grew up in

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, where he attended

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. Roy Mack's baseball career was focused on front office administration and management. After serving as business manager of the

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of the Pacific Coast League, which had a working agreement with the Athletics, he joined the Philadelphia front office in 1936 as a vice president. In August 1950, he and Earle Mack became majority owners of the club during a reorganization. But they could not arrest the club's declining performance on the field and deteriorating financial picture. In November 1954, the brothers sold the Athletics to Chicago industrialist Arnold Johnson, who immediately transferred the team to Kansas City, Missouri. Roy then spent one season, 1955, as a vice president of the Kansas City club before retiring. He died in

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, aged 71.''Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966''

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