Tom Vandergriff - Arlington, TX
N 32° 44.887 W 097° 04.934
14S E 679670 N 3624991
Tom Vandergriff is honored on a memorial wall near the center field entrance to Globe Life Field, Arlington, TX. He helped bring Major League Baseball to Arlington in 1972 and was an outstanding community leader.
Waymark Code: WM14HGQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2021
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This bronze plaque has a small relief of Mr. Vandergriff, who is also honored with a statue nearby, and the text reads:
Tom J. Vandergriff
Mayor - 1951-77
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Tom Vandergriff is Arlington's longest serving mayor and personally recruited Major League Baseball to Arlington in 1972. He's also responsible for the opening of Arlington Stadium, the original home of the Texas Rangers. In 2004 Vandergriff was inducted into the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame. Under his leadership, the city's tourism industry and economy flourished with the arrival of the Texas Rangers, Six Flags Over Texas and General Motors.
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Location: Globe Life Field
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