Churchill, Neil Orr, 1891-1969

found: Dunkel, Tom. Color blind, 2013:page 8 (Team manager Neil Churchill was an automobile dealer with a passion for baseball) page 29 (Neil Orr Churchill, born Februrary 1891 in Saint Croix Falls, Wisconsin)

found: Wikipedia, June 17, 2013:Neil Churchill (Neil O. Churchill (February 13, 1891-September 1969) was a car dealer in Bismarck, N.D. He joined Wickham Corwin's Bismarck automobile dealership in 1925 and the company became Corwin-Churchill Motor Co.; when Churchill retired in 1952 he sold his share of the business to the Corwin family. He played for the Bismarck semi-pro baseball team and bought it in 1933; he recruited black players including Quincy Trouppe, Red Haley, Roosevelt Davis, and Satchel Paige. Churchill was mayor of Bismarck from 1939 to 1946) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Churchill

found: Bismarck mayors 1875 to present, via WWW, October 8, 2013(Neil O. Churchill; year elected/re-elected: April 1939, April 1941; served: 1939-1946)

found: BisManCafe website, October 8, 2013(Neil O. Churchill (1891-1969); local entrepenuer and philanthrapist, best known as co-owner of Corwin-Churchill Motors and for his involvement in the creation of one of the nation's first integrated baseball teams in the 1930s. Churchill also served as mayor from 1939-1946 and purchased the Prince Hotel in 1927) - http://www.bismarckcafe.com/blogs/wiki/neil-o-churchill

found: Car dealer created baseball, basketball teams, via The Bismarck tribune website, April 01, 2012, viewed on October 8, 2013(Neil Churchill; Neil Orr Churchill; born Feb. 13, 1891, in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin; outfielder for the Bismarck Grays; in 1926, Churchill agreed to become manager of the Bismarck Grays; later, that year, Churchill organized the Bismarck Phantoms, an independent basketball team; in 1933, Churchill purchased the Grays; the Bismarck Phantoms team was a Churchill creation and, in 1933 and 1934, they were called the Prowlers; was a master salesman, growing the Corwin-Churchill Motor Co. to one of the largest dealerships in the state. In 1935, he also opened the Corwin-Churchill appliance dealership in Bismarck; elected mayor of Bismarck and held that office until 1946; in 1952, Churchill retired from his company and sold his share of the business to the Corwin family. He moved to California, where he died on Sept. 30, 1969) - http://bismarcktribune.com/news/columnists/curt-eriksmoen/car-dealer-created-baseball-basketball-teams/article_6109a07c-7aa2-11e1-b28c-001a4bcf887a.html