Jack McGregor, Bridgeport Bluefish and Pittsburgh Penguins founder, dies at 91
In 1997, he and Foster cofounded the minor league baseball team. In the 1960s, he founded the Pittsburgh Penguins, also serving as owner and the team's first president.
Jack McGregor, who along with his wife, Mary Jane Foster, co-founded of the Bridgeport Bluefish baseball team, died Jan. 6 at his Pennsylvania home, his daughter Betsey says.
He was 91.
McGregor was born and raised in Pennsylvania and graduated from Yale University. Following Yale, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps, earned a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh and was elected to two terms in the Pennsylvania state senate.
In 1997, he and Foster cofounded the minor league baseball team. The team played in Bridgeport for a decade.
The Bluefish was not McGregor's first venue into sports. In the 1960s, he founded the Pittsburgh Penguins, also serving as owner and the team's first president.
The Penguins paid tribute to McGregor at their home game against the New Jersey Devils Thursday.
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McGregor is survived by his third wife Joannah Purnell McGregor, his four children, a sister, 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
His obit states a private memorial will be held by McGregor's family later this year.
The family suggests in lieu of flowers, people make "memorial donations to the charity of your choice or your enthusiastic attend at a Pittsburgh Penguins hockey game."
