Shaughnessy, Shag, 1883-1969
NationalityAmerican
Biography"Francis Joseph "Shag" Shaughnessy (April 8, 1883 – May 15, 1969) was an American athlete and sports executive. Shaughnessy played both baseball and football and was an executive in baseball, football and ice hockey. He was born in the United States and moved to Canada in the 1910s, where he was involved with football and ice hockey teams in Montreal and Ottawa. He was later president of the International League of baseball. The Shaughnessy Playoffs were a playoff system invented by Shag Shaughnessy, General Manager of the Montréal Royals, in 1933. First used in the International League, the system spread quickly throughout the minor leagues and then into the AAGPBL. His son Frank Shaughnessy, Jr. also played football and ice hockey, and played ice hockey for the United States in the 1936 Winter Olympics."--Wikipedia
