Philip K. Wrigley | |
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![]() Wrigley in 1917 | |
Born | Philip Knight Wrigley December 5, 1894 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | April 12, 1977 Elkhorn, Wisconsin, U.S. | (aged 82)
Education | |
Occupation(s) | Chewing gum manufacturer and executive in Major League Baseball |
Children | 2, including William III |
Father | William Wrigley Jr. |
Philip Knight Wrigley (December 5, 1894 – April 12, 1977) was an American chewing gum manufacturer and a Major League Baseball executive, inheriting both of those roles as the quiet son of his much more flamboyant father, William Wrigley Jr.