Wrigley
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Wrigley may refer to:
- Wrigley Company, a chewing gum manufacturer
- EG Wrigley and CompanyEG Wrigley and CompanyEG Wrigley and Company Ltd. was a British car, car component, and mechanical parts manufacturer, located at Foundry Lane, Soho, Birmingham.Edward Greenwood Wrigley established a tool making business at 232 Aston Road, Birmingham in 1898. EG Wrigley and Company moved to Foundry lane, Soho,...
, a British car, car component, and mechanical parts manufacturer - Wrigley BuildingWrigley BuildingThe Wrigley Building is a skyscraper located directly across Michigan Avenue from the Tribune Tower on the Magnificent Mile...
, a skyscraper in Chicago - Wrigley FieldWrigley FieldWrigley Field is a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. It was built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales...
, a baseball field in Chicago - Wrigley, KentuckyWrigley, KentuckyWrigley is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Route 7 north of the city of West Liberty, the county seat of Morgan County. Its elevation is 817 feet , and it is located at...
, United States - Wrigley, Northwest Territories, Canada
People
- E. A. WrigleyE. A. WrigleySir Edward Anthony Wrigley, , commonly known as Tony Wrigley, is a historical demographer. Wrigley and Peter Laslett co-founded the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure in 1964....
(born 1931), historical demographer - The Wrigley Sisters, a folk music duo
- Henry WrigleyHenry WrigleyAir Vice Marshal Henry Neilson Wrigley CBE, DFC, AFC was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force . A pioneer aviator and theorist, he piloted the first trans-Australia flight from Melbourne to Darwin in 1919, and subsequently laid the groundwork for the RAAF's air power doctrine...
, aviator - Kurt WrigleyKurt WrigleyKurt Wrigley is an Australian former professional rugby league player for the Cronulla Sharks, St. George Dragons and the Adelaide Rams....
, Australian rugby league footballer
In the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
- William Wrigley, Jr. (1861-1932), founder of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
- Philip K. WrigleyPhilip K. WrigleyPhilip Knight Wrigley , sometimes also called P.K. or Phil. Born in Chicago, he was an American chewing gum manufacturer and executive in Major League Baseball, inheriting both those roles as the quiet son of his much more flamboyant father, William Wrigley Jr. After his father died in 1932, Philip...
(1894-1977), son of William Wrigley Jr. - William Wrigley IIIWilliam Wrigley IIIWilliam Wrigley III, known as William Wrigley, was President of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, founded by his grandfather William Wrigley, Jr. from 1961 until his death from pneumonia in March 1999. His father P.K. Wrigley preceded him as president. He was succeeded by his son Bill Wrigley, Jr. as...
(1933-1999), son of Philip K. Wrigley - William Wrigley, Jr. IIWilliam Wrigley, Jr. IIWilliam Wrigley, Jr. II , a.k.a. Bill Wrigley, Jr., is the current chairman and former CEO of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. He turned over the office of CEO to William Perez on October 23, 2006...
(born 1963), son of William Wrigley III and current chairman of the company