- Banned from baseball for life in 1990 by commissioner Fay Vincent for hiring Howard Spira to dig up dirt on Dave Winfield so that Steinbrenner could get out of paying $300,000 to Winfields's foundation, as per his contract. He was reinstated in 1993 after Bud Selig led a revolt to oust Vincent.
- Owner, New York Yankees professional baseball team.
- Accumulated his wealth through the shipping business.
- Owns a share of the New Jersey Devils hockey club.
- Son, Hal Steinbrenner, owns former Kentucky Derby/Preakness Stakes-winning racehorse Silver Charm.
- Bought the Yankees from CBS in 1973 for a mere $10 million. The team has won 12 division titles, 10 pennants, and 6 World Series during his time as owner.
- On 27 November 1974, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspended him for two years following his conviction for making illegal political campaign contributions to Richard Nixon. He was pardoned by President Ronald Reagan on 19 January 1989.
- Assistant football coach at Northwestern (1955) and Purdue (1956)
- Changed managers 20 times in his first 23 seasons.
- Dave Winfield sued him for failing to pay the Winfield Foundation the $300,000 guaranteed in his contract. Steinbrenner paid Howie Spira, a gambler, $40,000 for dirt on his outfielder. On 30 July 1990, Commissioner Fay Vincent banned Steinbrenner for life from running the Yankees. Two years later, Vincent allowed him to return for the 1993 season.
- Was impersonated by Seinfeld (1989) co-creator Larry David starting in the show's fifth season finale.
- Graduated from Culver Military Academy in Culver, IN. Other graduates include Jonathan Winters (actor) and Gene Siskel (the late movie critic).
- In 2006, he donated $1 million to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Boshamer Stadium for baseball.
- The date of his death (July 13, 2010) was also the date of that year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The National League won the game 3-1, the first win for the Senior Circuit since 1996. During the first ten years of his ownership of the Yankees (1973-1982), the American League had gone winless in the All-Star Game. (From 1959 to 1987, the National League dominated the game with a 27-5-1 record. Before 1959, there was parity between the two leagues in the game.) From 1983 to 2009, the American League had a 20-3-1 winning record in the game.
- Repeatedly hired and fired manager Billy Martin five times from 1975 to 1989. The longest period Martin worked for Steinbrenner was from 1975 to 1978 (during which time the Yankees won the AL Champion pennant in 1976 and 1977 and won the World Series in 1977). This cycle ended with Martin's death on Christmas 1989. He had been hired for the up-coming 1990 season.
- Steinbrenner and Billy Martin famously spoofed their numerous feuds in a commercial for Lite Beer. In the ad, George and Billy start off acting friendly until they get into Lite Beer's trademark argument of "less filling" versus "taste great". The ad ends with Steinbrenner saying "Billy, you're fired!" and Billy Martin turns to the camera and says "Oh, no! Not again!".
- The longest tenured manager ever to work for Steinbrenner was Joe Torre from 1996-2007. In that time, the Yankees were AL Champs in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2003. They won the World Series in 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000.
- Born at 9:0pm-EDT
- His New York Yankees were beaten in the 2003 World Series four games to two despite costing $183 million to assemble.
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