Jacob Ruppert Quotes


When I was thirty and perhaps forty, I did not want a wife. It was too much fun being single.


Citations

"Jacob Ruppert, Yankee Owner, Dies." The New York Times, 14 Jan. 1939.

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Jacob Ruppert
Jacob Ruppert
  • Born: August 5, 1867
  • Died: January 13, 1939
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Owner New York Yankees, National Guard Officer, Representative New York

Jacob Ruppert Jr. was an American brewer, businessman, National Guard colonel and politician who served for four terms representing New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1907. He also owned the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball from 1915 until his death in 1939.