parents: John Louis Comiskey (1885–1939) and Grace Elizabeth Reidy (1894–1956)
eldest grandchild of Charles Comiskey
In 1956 she inherited control of the White Sox upon the death of her mother
In 1941, she married former White Sox pitcher and executive Johnny Rigney
From 1956 until after the 1958 season Dorothy was in a running battle for control of the team with her younger brother, Chuck, who was the team's second-largest stockholder.
After the 1958 season Dorothy put the team on the market. She initially wanted to sell her 54% stake to her brother. However, Chuck made such a lowball offer that Dorothy instead sold the White Sox to Bill Veeck, ending the Comiskey family's 58-year control of the franchise.
Dorothy Rigney also owned and raced Thoroughbred horses. One of her most successful runners was multiple stakes race winner, Fast Hilarious whose wins included the 1969 American Derby and the 1971 Gulfstream Park Handicap.
She died at a Maywood, Illinois hospital in 1971 at the age of 54
eldest grandchild of Charles Comiskey
In 1956 she inherited control of the White Sox upon the death of her mother
In 1941, she married former White Sox pitcher and executive Johnny Rigney
From 1956 until after the 1958 season Dorothy was in a running battle for control of the team with her younger brother, Chuck, who was the team's second-largest stockholder.
After the 1958 season Dorothy put the team on the market. She initially wanted to sell her 54% stake to her brother. However, Chuck made such a lowball offer that Dorothy instead sold the White Sox to Bill Veeck, ending the Comiskey family's 58-year control of the franchise.
Dorothy Rigney also owned and raced Thoroughbred horses. One of her most successful runners was multiple stakes race winner, Fast Hilarious whose wins included the 1969 American Derby and the 1971 Gulfstream Park Handicap.
She died at a Maywood, Illinois hospital in 1971 at the age of 54
parents: John Louis Comiskey (1885–1939) and Grace Elizabeth Reidy (1894–1956)
eldest grandchild of Charles Comiskey
In 1956 she inherited control of the White Sox upon the death of her mother
In 1941, she married former White Sox pitcher and executive Johnny Rigney
From 1956 until after the 1958 season Dorothy was in a running battle for control of the team with her younger brother, Chuck, who was the team's second-largest stockholder.
After the 1958 season Dorothy put the team on the market. She initially wanted to sell her 54% stake to her brother. However, Chuck made such a lowball offer that Dorothy instead sold the White Sox to Bill Veeck, ending the Comiskey family's 58-year control of the franchise.
Dorothy Rigney also owned and raced Thoroughbred horses. One of her most successful runners was multiple stakes race winner, Fast Hilarious whose wins included the 1969 American Derby and the 1971 Gulfstream Park Handicap.
She died at a Maywood, Illinois hospital in 1971 at the age of 54
eldest grandchild of Charles Comiskey
In 1956 she inherited control of the White Sox upon the death of her mother
In 1941, she married former White Sox pitcher and executive Johnny Rigney
From 1956 until after the 1958 season Dorothy was in a running battle for control of the team with her younger brother, Chuck, who was the team's second-largest stockholder.
After the 1958 season Dorothy put the team on the market. She initially wanted to sell her 54% stake to her brother. However, Chuck made such a lowball offer that Dorothy instead sold the White Sox to Bill Veeck, ending the Comiskey family's 58-year control of the franchise.
Dorothy Rigney also owned and raced Thoroughbred horses. One of her most successful runners was multiple stakes race winner, Fast Hilarious whose wins included the 1969 American Derby and the 1971 Gulfstream Park Handicap.
She died at a Maywood, Illinois hospital in 1971 at the age of 54
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