Alexander Bannwart | |
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 Bannwart circa 1906 | |
| Born | December 25, 1880 Basel, Switzerland |
| Died | February 21, 1959 (aged 78) Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Other names | Al Winn |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (LL.B.) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Alexander William Bannwart (December 25, 1880 – February 21, 1959), also known as Al Winn, was a Swiss-American businessman. He was involved in baseball, politics, and real estate.
Bannwart graduated from Phillips Academy and Princeton University. Despite not playing baseball at Princeton, he got a try-out for a team in the New England League in 1906. He bought the team and made himself the manager. After selling the team in 1909, Bannwart tried to form new baseball leagues and became involved in the Colonial League as an agent for Federal League magnates from 1914 to 1915.
In 1917, Bannwart and a group of pacifists went to the United States Capitol to ask their representatives to oppose American entry into World War I. He got into a fistfight with U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and sued him a year later for slander. Bannwart worked in real estate and advocated for world federalism.