Fay vincent bio

          Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. (born May 29, ), known as Fay Vincent, is a.!

          Fay Vincent

          Major League Baseball Commissioner from 1989 to 1992

          Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. (born May 29, 1938), known as Fay Vincent, is a former entertainment lawyer, securities regulator, and sports executive who served as the eighth commissioner of baseball from September 13, 1989, to September 7, 1992.

          Vincent returned to being a baseball executive in late as president and chairman of the board of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.

        1. Vincent returned to being a baseball executive in late as president and chairman of the board of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.
        2. Francis Thomas Vincent Jr., known as Fay Vincent, is a former entertainment lawyer, securities regulator, and sports executive who served as the eighth commissioner of baseball from September 13, , to September 7,
        3. Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. (born May 29, ), known as Fay Vincent, is a.
        4. Fay Vincent was born on May 29, and started serving as the Commissioner of Major League Baseball on September 13, Three years later, his reign as.
        5. Associate Professor of media and cultural studies, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia.

          6. Early life and career

          Vincent was born on May 29, 1938, in Waterbury, Connecticut,[1] the son of Alice (née Lynch), a teacher, and Francis Thomas Vincent, a telephone company employee and sports official.[1] He is a graduate of the Hotchkiss School.[2]

          He attended Williams College, where a near-fatal accident left him with a crushed spine and paralyzed legs.

          He had been locked inside his dorm room as a prank; climbing onto the roof to escape he slipped off a four-story ledge. Surgery and three months in traction followed.[2] He overcame an initial diagnosis he would never walk again, but his leg never fully recovered and he ha