About Neil Churchill
Lived 1891 – 1969 (aged 78). Neil Churchill was an American politician.
Neil O. Churchill (February 13, 1891 – September, 1969) was a car dealer in Bismarck, North Dakota who funded an integrated baseball team in the mid-thirties more than a decade before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
Business Churchill joined Wickham Corwin's Bismarck automobile dealership in 1925 and the company became Corwin-Churchill Motor Co. A colleague said he "was a hell of a salesman—a smart fellow and real promoter." In 1937, when Corwin moved to Fargo, Churchill stayed in Bismarck. When Churchill retired in 1952 he sold his share of the business to the Corwin family.
Baseball Immediately after World War I Churchill took up baseball with the Bismarck semi-pro team and became their star player.
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Who was Neil Churchill?
American mayor (1891–1969)
When was Neil Churchill born?
Neil Churchill was born on 13 February 1891.
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Neil Churchill died on 30 September 1969.
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Neil Churchill was a politician.
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Neil Churchill was American.
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