Emil George Sick (June 3, 1894 – November 10, 1964) was a Canadian-American

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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

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and

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, from the 1930s until 1960. In 1928 he founded, with Frederick McCall, an aviation company, the Great Western Airways that acquired Purple Label Airlines operating Stinson Detroiter.

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