John McMullen — who went from savior of the Houston Astros franchise to one of the more reviled owners in Houston professional sports history — died yesterday at his home in Montclair, New Jersey. McMullen was 87 years old.
McMullen was a successful businessman from the New York area who became interested in investing in professional sports in the mid-1970’s when New York Yankee owner George Steinbrenner persuaded him to buy a limited partnership interest in the Yankee franchise. That experience prompted McMullen — who was known to be a quite witty man — to observe “[t]here is nothing quite so limited as being a limited partner of George Steinbrenner’s.”
John McMullen, R.I.P.
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