* 1862 – Connie Mack, American baseball executive ( d. 1956 )

Kemp was chosen over Connie Mack, John McCain, and Carroll Campbell, and it is assumed that this was partly because Kemp had several former staffers in influential positions as Dole's senior advisors.

* 1940 – Connie Mack, U. S. Senator

The team's owner and manager for its first 50 years was Connie Mack, and its Hall-of-Fame players included Chief Bender, Frank " Home Run " Baker, Jimmie Foxx and Lefty Grove.

The team name is typically pronounced, but their longtime team owner / manager Connie Mack called them by the old-fashioned colloquial Irish pronunciation.

According to Bill Libby's Book, Charlie O and the Angry A's, owner Charlie O. Finley banned the word " Athletics " from the club's name because he felt that name was too closely associated with former Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack, and he wanted the name " Oakland A's " to become just as closely associated with him.

( Shibe Park was renamed Connie Mack Stadium in 1954.

After the 1957 season, the Eagles moved from Connie Mack Stadium to Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania.

Franklin Field would seat over 60, 000 for the Eagles, whereas Connie Mack had a capacity of 39, 000.

The team has played at several stadiums in the city, beginning with Recreation Park and continuing at Baker Bowl ; Shibe Park, which was later renamed Connie Mack Stadium in honor of the longtime Philadelphia Athletics manager ; Veterans Stadium ; and now Citizens Bank Park.

Shibe Park / Connie Mack Stadium, home of the Phillies from 1938 – 1970

Comparatively, the Athletics finished last in 1950 and longtime Manager Connie Mack retired.

At the end of the decade, in October 1970, the Phillies played their final game in Connie Mack Stadium and prepared to move into newly built Veterans Stadium, wearing new maroon uniforms to accentuate the change.

The teams were managed by managing legends John McGraw and Connie Mack, who were friendly rivals and considered to be the premier managers during that era.

* February 8 – Connie Mack, American baseball executive and manager ( b. 1862 )

The area has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by Connie Mack IV since January 2005.

Only Ernie Shore ever fashioned a longer spell of no-hit relief, although Bobby Shantz pitched 9 no-hit innings in relief on 05 / 06 / 1949, when Connie Mack brought him into his second major league game to relieve with no outs in the 4th inning.

The center-field entertainment area at the Phillies current stadium, Citizens Bank Park, is named Ashburn Alley in his honor in response to the demand of numerous fans requesting that the Phillies name the stadium in Ashburn's honor ( due to Ashburn's 47 seasons of service to the Phillies organization, which was second in length in Philadelphia baseball history only to Connie Mack, who was so honored with the renaming of Shibe Park in 1953 ).

Guests, such as Al Capone, Connie Mack, Babe Ruth, and singer Kate Smith were able to utilize the hotel's airfield for arrival.

These teams include ( or have previously included ) West Milford Xtreme softball, West Milford Wolverines baseball, West Milford Wolfpack baseball, West Milford Warhawks baseball, West Milford Wildcats basketball, West Milford-Star Athletics competition cheerleading, West Milford / Jackson Elite-Hurricanes baseball, PC Crush baseball, and the Connie Mack baseball program.

-- Travel Baseball ( West Milford Wolverines, West Milford Wolfpack, West Milford Warhawks, West Milford / Jackson Elite-Hurricanes, West Milford Connie Mack program, PC Crush ): West Milford's travel baseball programs have combined to win over 100 league and tournament championships.

Farmington is known across New Mexico and throughout the southwest for its baseball tournaments, and the Ricketts Ball Park is the home of the Connie Mack World Series.

Farmington has been the home of the Connie Mack World Series baseball tournament, played in August every year at Ricketts Park ( capacity 5, 072 ), for 43 years.

Connie Mack league regular season play allows players between the ages of 16 to 18 to participate.

The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter is a 1980 documentary film by Connie Field about the American women who went to work during World War II to do " men's jobs ".

Lupino was born in Camberwell, London, ( allegedly under a table during a World War I zeppelin raid ) to actress Connie O ' Shea ( Connie Emerald ) and music hall entertainer Stanley Lupino, a member of the theatrical Lupino family.

Led by Connie Mack, the Athletics had won the previous two World Series and were heavily-favored to win for a third consecutive year.

In the World Series against Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics, Wilson's. 471 hitting performance was eclipsed by two fielding errors at Shibe Park.

The 1931 Cardinals also triumphed in the World Series, defeating Connie Mack's defending two-time champion Philadelphia Athletics in seven games.

He taught three World Champions ( Jack Kramer, Louise Brough, and Pauline Betz ) and forty National Champions, including Billy Talbert, Gussie Moran, Kathy Harter, Carole Caldwell, Dave Ranney, Julius Heldman, Ted Olewine, Eleanor Purdy, Jimmy Wade, George Richards, Connie Jaster, and Barbara Winslow.

#" Around The World " – 2: 23 ( 33 MPM ) Connie Francis ( Waltz )

La Russa managed teams to six league championships and three World Series titles, and ranks third in all-time major league wins by a manager, behind Connie Mack and John McGraw.

The World Series series victory for the Oakland A's was the first for the franchise in 42 years since the days of Connie Mack when the team was in Philadelphia and had won in 1930.

After his Senior year he helped lead the Midland Redskins of Cincinnati to the Connie Mack World Series Title where he was named MVP of the tournament.

However, this would prove to be the final World Series for Athletics ' manager Connie Mack.

The Braves then went on to defeat Connie Mack's heavily favored Philadelphia Athletics in the 1914 World Series.

* Joy to the World ( Connie Smith album ), a Christmas album by country-music singer Connie Smith

Duane also starred in the Connie Mack World Series, a baseball tournament for 18-and-under players that has been hosted in Farmington since 1965.

Kentucky Junior Miss and America's Junior Miss 1963 Diane Sawyer continued to support the program as her career in journalism continued, which led to a position at the ABC Television Network program " Good Morning America " and most recently to be the second woman to individually hold the anchor chair nationally for a nightly news program World News on ABC television ( Barbara Walters, Elizabeth Vargas and Connie Chung co-anchored with male counterparts ).

The Cardinals won the National League pennant but, eventually lost to Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics in the 1930 World Series.

A half-brother of actress / singer / businesswoman Connie Stevens, Megna appeared in many television programs throughout the 1960s and 1970s ; he played a small role as one of the " Onlies " in the " Miri " episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, and starred as Little Adam in the NASA-produced animated shorts The Big World of Little Adam.

After only two years training she took second places in the NABBA German, European and World championships ( in the last of these losing out to American Connie McCloskey ).