Emil George Sick (June 3, 1894 – November 10, 1964) was a Canadian-American brewing worker and industrialist in Canada and later the U.S. He is best known for his involvement as owner of baseball teams and stadiums in Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, from the 1930s until 1960.Except from: Seattle Rainiers - Pitchers of Beer, Dan Raley author. http://sportspressnw.com/2011/04/wayback-machine-the-rainiers-pitchers-of-beer/The 1969 Seattle Pilots: Major League Baseball's One-Year Team, page 7-8, author, Kenneth Hoganhttp://www3.telus.net/jgbennie/history.htm - Vancouver Baseball History, by Jim Bennie (CKWX radio)Emil Sick obit from Brewery Gems - http://www.brewerygems.com/emil.htm

In 1928, he founded, with Frederick McCall, an aviation company, the Great Western Airways, which acquired Purple Label Airlines operating a Stinson Detroiter.

In 2007, he was posthumously inducted into the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame.

See also Rainier Brewing Company

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External links NWSABR – photo