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Apr\u00e8s avoir termin\u00e9 ses \u00e9tudes \u00e0 Guelph et \u00e0 St-Davids, George Sleeman a \u00e9t\u00e9 engag\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 18 ans comme directeur-g\u00e9n\u00e9ral \u00e0 la brasserie Silver Creek d\u00e9tenue par son p\u00e8re. Six ans plus tard, il devenait partenaire et finalement propri\u00e9taire de la compagnie, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 27 ans, en 1868. Sleeman \u00e9tait \u00e9galement un passionn\u00e9 de baseball. Il \u00e9tait lanceur pour les Maple Leafs de Guelph et a aid\u00e9 les siens \u00e0 gagner le championnat canadien en 1869, lors d\u2019une comp\u00e9tition tenue sur trois jours mettant \u00e9galement aux prises des \u00e9quipes d\u2019Ingersoll et de Woodstock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D\u00e9j\u00e0 le directeur financier des Leafs, Sleeman est devenu le pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019\u00e9quipe en 1874 et a \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u2019un des premiers g\u00e9rants \u00e0 embaucher des joueurs am\u00e9ricains. Cette strat\u00e9gie a d\u2019ailleurs bien fonctionn\u00e9 : son \u00e9quipe a gagn\u00e9 les honneurs du tournoi nomm\u00e9 \u00ab le championnat mondial non-professionnel \u00bb et disput\u00e9 \u00e0 Watertown (New York) en 1874.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sleeman a \u00e9galement mis sur pied la premi\u00e8re ligue canadienne de baseball, en 1876. L\u2019ann\u00e9e suivante, il a aid\u00e9 \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation de la Ligue internationale, la premi\u00e8re vraie rivale \u00e0 la Ligue nationale. L\u2019homme d\u2019affaires a poursuivi son implication dans le baseball jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la fin du 19th<\/sup> si\u00e8cle. On le surnomme aujourde Hui le p\u00e8re du baseball professionnel canadien pour son r\u00f4le dans le d\u00e9veloppement du baseball organis\u00e9.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1056,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","featured":[],"induction_year":[142],"team":[646],"primary-position":[190,177,73,185],"class_list":["post-1055","hall-of-famer","type-hall-of-famer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","induction_year-142","team-guelph-maple-leafs","primary-position-administration","primary-position-builder","primary-position-executive","primary-position-owner"],"yoast_head":"\nGeorge Sleeman - Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/fr\/hall-of-famer\/george-sleeman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"George Sleeman - Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After being educated in Guelph and St. Davids, George Sleeman became the general manager of his father\u2019s Silver Creek Brewery at age 18. 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