Edward Bennett Williams

Edward Bennett Williams

• School College of the Holy Cross

• Born May 31, 1920 in Hartford, CT USA
• Died August 13, 1988 in Washington, DC USA

Biographical Information

Edward Bennett Williams was one of the most well known trial attorneys in the country and owner of the Baltimore Orioles and the NFL Washington Redskins. He purchased the Orioles in 1979 for $12 million from principal owner Jerold Hoffberger and minority owners including Zanvyl Krieger. Williams also gave his law firm colleague and long-time Boston Red Sox President/CEO Larry Lucchino his start in baseball, first as team attorney and then, shortly before his death in 1988, as Orioles' President & CEO (1988-1993).

As a lawyer, he represented Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Hoffa, and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy among others.

Further Reading

• Jeff Katz: Split Season: 1981: Fernandomania, the Bronx Zoo, and the Strike that Saved Baseball, Thomas Dunne Books, New York, NY, 2015. ISBN 978-1-2500-4521-8
• Charles Kupfer: Something Magic: The Baltimore Orioles, 1979–1983, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2016. ISBN 978-0-7864-9935-9

Related Sites

• Edward Bennett Williams at the SABR Bio Project