Harry Ornest, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Sports entrepreneur
Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1923
Place of Birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Date of Death: 21-Jul-1998
Profession: businessperson
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Harry Ornest
- Harry Ornest (June 30, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was a sports entrepreneur who once owned the St.
- Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
- He also played minor league baseball, was a linesman in the NHL, and a referee in the American Hockey League.Ornest was a Jewish, Los Angeles-based businessman who made his fortune in vending machines.
- In 1978 he founded the minor league baseball franchise, the Vancouver Canadians, which played in the Pacific Coast League.
- He purchased a majority of the assets of Sick's Stadium in Seattle for $60,000 to use in the new team's ballpark, Nat Bailey Stadium.
- Ornest was the owner of the St.
- Louis Blues from 1983 to 1986.
- When he owned the Blues, Ornest changed their arena's name from the Checkerdome back to the St.
- Louis Arena.
- He owned the Toronto Argonauts from 1988 to 1991.
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