[4] Although the popular Red Grange was a player and part owner of the Yankees, the number of tickets coming through the turnstile did not meet expectations, and the team folded after the 1928 season.

[5] Two years later, he inaugurated the first Trans-American Footrace, known as the Bunion Derby, an ambitious, 3455-mile-long foot race from Los Angeles, California, to Chicago, Illinois, to New York.

After managing the "Ripley's Believe It or Not" exhibit in the Chicago World's Fair, Pyle married comedian Elvia Allman Tourtellotte in 1937.

He became president of the Radio Transcription Company, a position that he held until his death of a heart attack in Los Angeles, February 3, 1939.

Pyle and the Bunion Derby, was written by Tony Award winner Michael Cristofer and directed by Paul Newman.