Hank Greenberg

On February 19, 1946, Hank Greenberg married Caral Lasker Gimbel, heiress to department store millions, in the living room of County Ordinary Edwin W. Dart in Brunswick, Georgia. They had eloped to avoid a big wedding because the Gimbel and Greenberg families, coming from vastly different levels of society, did not mix well. Eventually, Caral asked for and got a divorce because of differing lifestyles. They were the proud parents of three fine children. Hank gained custody of them and moved to New York so they could be near their mother. Hank's older son Glenn took to football rather than baseball and was an outstanding defensive lineman at Yale. Their daughter, Alva, owns a newspaper and successfully runs its advertising department. Steve, their youngest son, was an English major and a fine athlete at Yale. Steve had five-year minor league baseball career. He went on to become a lawyer and a baseball player's agent. Bill Madlock was his first client.