William Joseph Williams, Sr. (1916 – August 23, 2009
) was the co-owner of the
Cincinnati Reds baseball team of the
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team ...
from through with his brother
James Williams. They sold the Reds to
Marge Schott
Margaret Carolyn Schott (née Unnewehr; August 18, 1928 – March 2, 2004) was an American baseball executive. Serving as managing general partner, president and CEO of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1984 to 1999, she was ...
in 1984.
Williams was a part owner of the
Cincinnati Bengals from the team's founding in 1968 until his death.
Before baseball, Williams was chairman of
Western & Southern Life Insurance Company, co-founded by his father in 1888. He joined the family firm in 1939 and was on the firm's board of directors from 1954 to 1984. For a brief break, Williams was president of
North American Management and Development Company. He returned to Western & Southern as president and COO and then as president and CEO.
Williams graduated from
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...
in 1939.
In 2006, his sons William Joseph Williams Jr. and Thomas L. Williams teamed up with a group to obtain controlling interest in the Reds.
Tom Williams
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References
External links
Cincinnati Reds timeline
1916 births
2009 deaths
Major League Baseball executives
Cincinnati Reds executives
Cincinnati Reds owners
Georgetown University alumni
American chief operating officers
American chief executives of financial services companies
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