William Eckert
William Dole "Spike" Eckert (January 20, 1909 – April 16, 1971) was a Lieutenant general in the United States Air Force, and later the fourth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1965 to 1968.
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“When the Prince of Wales [later King George IV] and the Duke of York went to visit their brother Prince William [later William IV] at Plymouth, and all three being very loose in their manners, and coarse in their language, Prince William said to his ship’s crew, “now I hope you see that I am not the greatest blackguard of my family.””
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