J. Edgar Hoover, longtime director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, declines the post of baseball commissioner

On March 10, 1951 — J. Edgar Hoover, longtime director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, declines the post of baseball commissioner. President Calvin Coolidge appointed him in 1924, and the nation’s top cop remained in the FBI until his death in 1972. The governor of California, Earl Warren, had previously rejected an offer to become baseball’s leader.

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