religion birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name
christianity kannapolis , north carolina american 11 may 1941 former owner of the charlotte/new orleans hornets george shinn
 george shinn
george shinn

george shinn -lrb- born may 11 , 1941 -rrb- is the former owner of the charlotte/new orleans hornets as well the charlotte knights and gastonia rangers minor league baseball teams along with the raleigh -- durham skyhawks of the world league of american football .
he purchased the hornets for $ 32,500,000 in 1987 .
in 1997 , he lost his bid for a potential national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- expansion franchise to be called the hampton roads rhinos .
