Gus Jebeles (Barons owner)

This article is about the Barons' owner, for the restauranteur, see [[Gus Jebeles (Barons owner).

Gus Jebeles

Konstantinos "Gus" Jebeles (born Konstantinos Ioanni Konstantinou Tsempelis, May 27, 1885 in Geraki, Lakonia, Greece; died November 4, 1960 in Loxley, Baldwin County) was the owner of the Linger Longer Lodge on Shades Mountain.

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