1. Tony Hulman was educated at St Benedict's School at Terre Haute, Lawrenceville School in New Jersey and Worcester Academy in Massachusetts.
16 Facts About Tony Hulman
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Tony Hulman served with the American Red Cross Ambulance Corps during World War I at the age of 17.
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Tony Hulman is probably best known for buying the dilapidated Indianapolis Motor Speedway from a group led by World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker immediately after World War II, seeing it as a way to promote Clabber Girl.
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Luke Walton, who with Wilbur Shaw had founded the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network, was for many years a sportscaster and worked annually with Tony Hulman to ensure each word was delivered with the proper emphasis.
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Mari Tony Hulman George established a Center for Equine Studies at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, west of Terre Haute.
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Foyt won his fourth "500" that day, and Foyt invited Tony Hulman to ride with him on the back of the Oldsmobile Delta 88 pace car.
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At 76 years old, Tony Hulman appeared to be in good health; he was always busy maintaining his business interests in Indianapolis and Terre Haute.
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Tony Hulman is buried in Calvary Cemetery, along with other members of his family.
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Tony Hulman was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1991.
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Tony Hulman is a member of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.
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Tony Hulman was inducted in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1990.
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Tony Hulman received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1975.
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Tony Hulman went on a buying spree beginning in the 1930s, purchasing a string of Coca-Cola bottling plants across Indiana, utility companies, newspapers, radio and television stations including Terre Haute's WTHI, WTHI-FM and WTHI-TV, and a great deal of real estate.
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Tony Hulman started radio station WTHI-AM, which went on air January 1948 as an ABC affiliate.
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Tony Hulman later headed a small group of men who purchased the holdings of all original shareholders.
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Tony Hulman purchased the hotel in 1959 and closed it to the public in 1970.