{"id":35515,"date":"2025-05-08T13:13:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/?page_id=35515"},"modified":"2025-12-17T22:03:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:03:57","slug":"gerry-snyder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/fr\/gerry-snyder\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerry Snyder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gerry Snyder : l'ambassadeur des sports de Montr\u00e9al<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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N\u00e9 le 14 f\u00e9vrier 1920 \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, au Qu\u00e9bec, Gerry Snyder a jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le essentiel dans l'implantation des Ligues majeures de baseball au Canada. En tant que conseiller municipal de Montr\u00e9al et d\u00e9fenseur passionn\u00e9 des sports, il a travaill\u00e9 sans rel\u00e2che pour obtenir une franchise de la MLB pour la ville. \u00c9lu au conseil municipal de Montr\u00e9al en 1957 en tant que conseiller du district de Snowdon, M. Snyder y a si\u00e9g\u00e9 pendant 25 ans, occupant des postes cl\u00e9s tels que vice-pr\u00e9sident du conseil ex\u00e9cutif de la ville et vice-pr\u00e9sident de la commission des transports en commun.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Apr\u00e8s le d\u00e9part\u00a0<\/span>des Royaux de Montr\u00e9al de la Ligue internationale<\/span>\u00a0en 1960, il profite de sa position au sein du conseil municipal pour commencer \u00e0 faire pression en faveur d'une \u00e9quipe de la MLB, rencontrant pour la premi\u00e8re fois le commissaire Ford Frick en 1962. Malheureusement, l'absence d'un stade de baseball ad\u00e9quat \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al reste un obstacle majeur.\u00a0<\/span>Lorsque la Ligue nationale annonce ses projets d'expansion en 1967, Snyder relance sa campagne, obtient le soutien du propri\u00e9taire des Dodgers de Los Angeles, Walter O'Malley, et persuade le maire Jean Drapeau, sceptique, de se faire le champion de la cause. Surmontant d'importants obstacles, notamment la recherche d'un stade et d'un groupe de propri\u00e9taires, il r\u00e9ussit \u00e0 convaincre les propri\u00e9taires de la Ligue nationale<\/span> <\/b>, en mai 1968, que Montr\u00e9al \u00e9tait le bon choix pour l'implantation d'une franchise <\/span>(voir artefact 1)<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Alors que l'offre est sur le point d'\u00eatre approuv\u00e9e, un nouveau d\u00e9fi se pr\u00e9sente : personne ne s'est encore manifest\u00e9 pour fournir le soutien financier requis par la ligue. Snyder convainc personnellement\u00a0Charles Bronfman<\/a>, l'un des principaux hommes d'affaires de Montr\u00e9al, de devenir le principal propri\u00e9taire de l'\u00e9quipe. Il identifie \u00e9galement le parc Jarry (voir artefact 2)<\/b> comme un stade temporaire qui pourrait \u00eatre agrandi \u00e0 temps pour la saison 1969, tandis que Drapeau assure qu'un nouveau stade exclusif au baseball sera construit d'ici 1973 (une promesse retard\u00e9e par la suite en raison de l'obtention par Montr\u00e9al des Jeux olympiques de 1976).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Les efforts incessants de Snyder sont finalement r\u00e9compens\u00e9s le 27 mai 1968, lorsque la Ligue nationale accorde officiellement \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al sa premi\u00e8re franchise de la MLB, entrant ainsi dans l'histoire en tant que premi\u00e8re \u00e9quipe de baseball de la MLB au Canada (voir l'artefact 3)<\/span>. Il joue \u00e9galement un r\u00f4le cl\u00e9 dans le recrutement de John <\/a>McHale<\/a> en tant que premier pr\u00e9sident de l'\u00e9quipe. Bien que les derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es de la franchise aient \u00e9t\u00e9 marqu\u00e9es par des difficult\u00e9s, les Expos sont rest\u00e9s un \u00e9l\u00e9ment bien-aim\u00e9 de l'histoire du baseball canadien et ont contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 ouvrir la voie \u00e0 la croissance de ce sport dans le pays.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Au-del\u00e0 du baseball, M. Snyder a jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le d\u00e9terminant dans l'organisation des Jeux olympiques \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al et dans l'obtention du Grand Prix du Canada (Formule 1) \u00e0 partir de 1978. Il a m\u00eame jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le dans l'\u00e9tablissement du premier centre d'entra\u00eenement des Blue Jays de Toronto en Floride, en recommandant la municipalit\u00e9 de Dunedin lorsque l'\u00e9quipe a rejoint la MLB en 1977. Pour ses nombreuses contributions, M. Snyder a re\u00e7u la M\u00e9daille du jubil\u00e9 d'argent de la Reine en 1977 et s'est m\u00e9rit\u00e9 le surnom d'\u00ab ambassadeur des sports de Montr\u00e9al \u00bb. Il est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 en 2007, laissant derri\u00e8re lui un exemple de d\u00e9vouement et de passion pour le sport au Canada.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Photos courtoisies du Journal de Montr\u00e9al et de la famille Snyder.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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