Gus Jebeles (shopkeeper)

Gus Jebeles

Konstantinos John "Gus" Jebeles (born Konstantinos Dimitriou Anagnosti Tsempelis, January 20, 1882 in Karitsa, Lakonia, Greece; died November 22, 1961 in Birmingham) was the owner of the Linger Longer Lodge on Shades Mountain, and owner of the Birmingham Barons from 1944 to 1949.

Jebeles, who grew up attending Barons games at Rickwood Field, purchased the team from the Cincinnati Reds in the winter of 1944. Two years later, after seeking advice at the Minor League Winter Meeting in Los Angeles, he hired Eddie Glennon, a protégé of Connie Mack, as general manager. Under his tenure, the team dropped its affiliation with the Reds and joined the Boston Red Sox system.

References

• Phillips, Bob (1965?) "The Grim Wrecker Has His Eyes on Rickwood" Birmingham Post-Herald - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
• Barra, Allen (2010) Rickwood Field: A Century in America's Oldest Ballpark. New York: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN 9780393069334