Howsam served on the Colorado Baseball Commission, which succeeded in bringing the Colorado Rockies to Denver as an MLB expansion team in 1993—thus fulfilling his dream of bringing MLB to his hometown three decades after the death of the Continental League. He had been elected to his home state's Sports Hall of Fame in 1971. He died from complications of heart disease on February 19, 2008, nine days short of his 90th birthday, at his Sun City, Arizona, home. References 1918 births 2008 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople American Football League owners Businesspeople from Denver Cincinnati Reds executives Continental League contributors Denver Broncos owners Major League Baseball general managers Major League Baseball team presidents Minor league baseball executives St. Louis Cardinals executives United States Navy pilots of World War II