Wrigley, Philip K(night) (1894-1977)

US corporate executive and baseball team owner. He is best known for his association with the Chicago Cubs baseball team. He was the son of William Wrigley, Jr, and joined Wrigley's, his father's chewing gum firm, as a teenager, for 52 years being variously president, CEO, and chairman.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois. His progressive labour practices at Wrigley's included guaranteed worker incomes and a gradual retirement plan. As principal owner and president of the Chicago Cubs (1934-77), he became a celebrated holdout against night baseball games. During World War II he was the prime mover in organizing the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which played a cross between softball and baseball; it played in Midwest cities for a few years, but did not long survive the revival of baseball after the war ended.