Question: who owned the new york yankees before george steinbrenner
Answer: Farrell 1903 -- 1915 L'Hommedieu Huston , Tillinghast Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston 1915 -- 1922 Ruppert , Jacob Jacob Ruppert 1915 -- 1939 Ruppert , Jacob Jacob Ruppert Estate 1939 -- 1945 MacPhail , Larry Larry MacPhail 1945 -- 1947 Topping , Dan Dan Topping 1945 -- 1964 Webb , Del Del Webb 1945 -- 1964 Columbia Broadcasting System 1964 -- 1973 Steinbrenner , George George Steinbrenner 1973 -- 2010 Steinbrenner , Hal Hal Steinbrenner 2008 -- present Steinbrenner , Hank Hank Steinbrenner 2008 -- present