[T. Y. Baird papers] 1913-1992.

Kansas City Monarchs (Baseball team)

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Baird, T. Y. (Thomas Younger), 1885?-1962.

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Thomas Younger Baird was born circa 1885 in Arkansas. After an injury while working at the Rock Island Railroad ended his own career as a semi-professional athlete in Kansas City, Kansas, Baird ran a billiard parlor and worked as a sports promoter. In 1919, with J.L. Wilkinson, Baird organized the Kansas City Monarchs; in 1947 Baird bought out Wilkinson to become the team's sole owner. Before becoming the Monarchs' sole owner, Baird also worked as booking agents for both that team a...