Donald Fehr

Donald M. Fehr (born July 18, 1948^[1])is the executive director of the National Hockey League Players Association. He previously served as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association from 1986-2009.

Fehr was raised in Prairie Village, Kansas. He graduated from Indiana University and was a member of Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity. Fehr received his law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.^[2]

As a young lawyer Fehr assisted the MLBPA in the Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally arbitration case (later known as the Seitz decision). In 1977, Marvin Miller hired Fehr as the Players Association general counsel.

In December 1985, Fehr was voted executive director of the MLBPA after having served as acting director since December 9, 1983. Fehr successfully challenged the owners' collusion, leading to the owners paying $280 million in damages to the players.

Fehr led the players union through the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike and subsequent World Series cancellation. He is a protégé of Marvin Miller and known for his fierce negotiating skills.

Fehr was instrumental in implementing the rejection of future admissions into the MLBPA by replacement players who planned to fill in during the strike of 1995.

On June 22, 2009, Fehr announced his intention to step down as the MLBPA executive director position, recommending Michael Weiner as his successor. This was subject to the approval of the union's executive board and possible ratification by all players.^[3] He officially relinquished his job to Weiner in December, 2009.^[4][5] Shortly after leaving his position as Executive Director of the MLBPA, Fehr took up a position as an advisor to the NHL Players' Association. On December 18, 2010, Fehr was voted in by the NHLPA as their executive director.^[6][7]

References

1. ^ Street, Jim (March 19, 2008). "Mariners talk to Fehr about schedule". mlb.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080319&content_id=2445560&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea&partnered=rss_sea. Retrieved 2007-03-19. 
2. ^ Klein, Jeff Z.. The New York Times. http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/f/donald_fehr/index.html. 
3. ^ "Fehr leaving post after quarter-century". ESPN.com. June 23, 2009. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4278728. Retrieved 2009-08-15. 
4. ^ http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/35029-Donald-Fehr-moves-a-step-closer-to-becoming-NHLPAs-executive-director.html
5. ^ "Donald Fehr closer to becoming NHLPA's executive director". USA Today. September 11, 2010. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2010-09-11-donald-fehr-nhlpa_N.htm. 
6. ^ http://nhlpa.com/News/Media-Releases/Details.aspx?R=68806B77-5027-4DF6-8CFB-91E19E15B8ED NHLPA press release
7. ^ http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=345965

External links

• Donald M. Fehr, Executive Director mlbplayers.com
• History of the Major League Baseball Players Association mlbplayers.com

Preceded by Marvin Miller	MLBPA Executive Director 1983–2009	Succeeded by Michael Weiner
Preceded by Ian Penny	NHLPA Executive Director 2010–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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