Schott, Marge

Schott, Marge
▪ 2005
Margaret Unnewehr 
      American sports executive (b. Aug. 18, 1928, Cincinnati, Ohio—d. March 2, 2004, Cincinnati), became notorious for making outrageous and offensive public statements about blacks, homosexuals, and Asians, among others, while serving (1984–99) as the owner of the Cincinnati Reds major league baseball team. Schott, a wealthy widow, purchased a limited partnership in the team in 1981, bought controlling interest in the Reds in December 1984, and officially became the team's president and chief executive officer the following year. Though the Reds won the World Series in 1990, the team's victory was overshadowed by Schott's inflammatory off-the-field remarks, which led ultimately to fines and to her suspension for the 1993 season. She famously declared that Adolf Hitler “was good in the beginning, but went too far,” a statement that was instrumental in her suspension from 1996 to 1999, when she was forced to sell her controlling interest. Nonetheless, Schott donated millions of dollars to local schools, museums, and cultural institutions.

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