Emil Sick Explained

Birth Date:	June 3, 1894
Birth Place:	Tacoma, Washington
Death Place:	Seattle, Washington
Relations:	Shirley Douglas (daughter-in-law)
Resting Place:	Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Lake Forest Park, King County, Washington
Spouse:	Kathleen Thelma McPhee (m. 1918-1962)

Emil George Sick (June 3, 1894  - November 10, 1964) was a brewing worker and industrialist in Canada and later the U.S. He is best known for his involvement as owner of baseball teams and stadiums in Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, from the 1930s until 1960.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

In 1928 he founded, with Frederick McCall, an aviation company, the Great Western Airways that acquired Purple Label Airlines operating Stinson Detroiter.^[6]

External links

• NWSABR – photo
  • News: Postcards from the past: Seattle Rainiers, 1939 . Heather . Trimm . Seattle Times . October 31, 2012.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wayback Machine: Seattle first citizen Emil Sick . Sports Press Northwest . Eskenazi . David . April 17, 2020 . May 3, 2021.
2. Except from: Seattle Rainiers - Pitchers of Beer, Dan Raley author. http://sportspressnw.com/2011/04/wayback-machine-the-rainiers-pitchers-of-beer/
3. The 1969 Seattle Pilots: Major League Baseball's One-Year Team, page 7-8, author, Kenneth Hogan
4. http://www3.telus.net/jgbennie/history.htm - Vancouver Baseball History, by Jim Bennie (CKWX radio)
5. Emil Sick obit from Brewery Gems - http://www.brewerygems.com/emil.htm
6. Web site: Great Western Airways . Airline History . 7 February 2020.