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Damn Yankees

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member of the Major League Baseball Players Association. He served as the American League player representative in the negotiations with owners to create the players' pension plan. He later sued administrators of the pension plan in federal court for "whittling away" the rights of retired players.

In 1969, Reynolds was named the President of the American Association, a Class AAA baseball league. The Association had been dormant for the previous six years. Reynolds served as president until 1971, when he resigned to spend more time with his family and due to competing business interests. He was also

the President of the National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians in Anadarko, Oklahoma, from 1978 until his death.

Reynolds died in Oklahoma City due to complications of lymphoma

and diabetes. He was survived by a son, a daughter, eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.