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Steinbrenner grew up in suburban [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. He ran [[track and field|track]] and played [[American football|football]] at [[Culver Military Academy]] in [[Indiana]] and ran track at [[Williams College]] in [[Massachusetts]], where he graduated in [[1952]]. After two years in the [[United States Air Force]], Steinbrenner coached [[high school]] [[basketball]] and football in [[Columbus, Ohio]] before becoming an assistant football coach at [[Northwestern University]] and [[Purdue University]]. He married Joan Zieg on [[May 12]], [[1956]], and joined his father's struggling company, the [[American Shipbuilding Company]], in [[1957]].
In [[1960]], he bought the [[Fucking Cleveland Pipers]] of the [[National Industrial Basketball League]]. The team joined the [[American Basketball League]] the next year and won a championship, but Steinbrenner was unable to raise the necessary funds to join the [[National Basketball Association]]. The team went bankrupt, and he returned to the American Shipbuilding Company, eventually buying it.
Steinbrenner offered [[United States dollar|$]]9 million to buy the [[Cleveland Indians]] but was turned down. Eventually, though, Indians General Manager [[Gabe Paul]] would prove pivotal in fulfilling Steinbrenner's dream of owning a baseball club.
==Buying the Yankees==
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