Robert Ruliph Morgan "Ruly" Carpenter III was an American businessman and baseball executive.
16 Facts About Ruly Carpenter
1.
2.
Ruly Carpenter was the principal owner and president of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1972 to 1981.
3.
Ruly Carpenter was the first of three children of Bob Carpenter and Mary Kaye Phelps.
4.
Ruly Carpenter's grandmother was Margaretta Lammot du Pont, the sister of company president Pierre S du Pont.
5.
Ruly Carpenter attended Tower Hill School, where he was a first-team All-State end.
6.
Ruly Carpenter went on to study at Yale University, lettering in football and baseball there.
7.
Ruly Carpenter joined his father in the Phillies' front office in 1963.
8.
Ruly Carpenter became team president at age 32, when his father stepped down during the 1972 season while remaining chairman of the board.
9.
Ruly Carpenter was opposed to female reporters being allowed into the team's locker rooms, but acquiesced to a court ruling in 1979 because he did not want to continue to fight what he regarded as a losing battle.
10.
Ruly Carpenter believed that even with his considerable wealth he needed to take on minority investors in order to stay afloat.
11.
Ruly Carpenter was a longtime member of the University of Delaware Board of Trustees; his family has supported the school for many years.
12.
Ruly Carpenter remained an avid Phillies fan, and closely followed the team's run to its second World Series championship in 2008.
13.
Ruly Carpenter was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 1987.
14.
Ruly Carpenter was inducted into the Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame on August 12,2023.
15.
Ruly Carpenter was married to Stephanie Ruly Carpenter for 61 years until his death.
16.
Ruly Carpenter died on September 13,2021, at his home in Montchanin, Delaware.