Edward J. McKeever (March 19, 1859 in
Brooklyn, New York – April 29, 1925 in
New York, New York)[1] was a construction contractor in Brooklyn in the early 20th-century. McKeever and his brother
Stephen bought half of the
Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team from
Henry Medicus on January 2, 1912. Together with co-owner
Charles Ebbets, they built what became
Ebbets Field. McKeever served as vice-president of the Dodgers until Charles Ebbets died of a heart attack on April 18, 1925. McKeever became team president,[2] but despite previously being in good health, he caught a cold at Ebbets' funeral and died of influenza a little more than a week later. He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn.[1]