Career
Wirtz took over the ownership of Ice Follies and Holiday on Ice, which he later sold to Irvin and Kenneth Feld.
He was a major factor in the growth of the National Hockey League. In 1929, he formed a partnership with grain dealer James E. Norris. Three years later, they teamed up to buy the floundering Detroit Falcons and renamed them the Red Wings. In 1946, he and James D. Norris helped Bill Tobin purchase the nearly bankrupt Chicago Blackhawks. Wirtz continued to help run the Red Wings. In summer of 1951, Arthur Wirtz left Detroit to join the (Chicago) board of directors. In the summer of 1972, he purchased the Bulls from team founder Dick Klein. He owned both the Blackhawks and the Bulls until his death.
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