{{short description|American businessman (1932–2015)}} {{Infobox person | name = Horn Chen | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|7|22}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|12|7|1932|7|22}} | death_place = Bannockburn, Illinois, U.S. | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = Founder of the CHL | occupation = Businessman }} '''Horn Chen''' (July 22, 1932 – December 7, 2015) was an American businessman. He was the founder of the Central Hockey League, which began to play in 1992. Chen was also a minority owner of the Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/page.htm?bcid=new_his_col_chill |title=Columbus Hockey History - Columbus Blue Jackets - News |publisher=Bluejackets.nhl.com |access-date=2010-05-07}}</ref>

Chen has also been the owner of the Ottawa Rough Riders as well as several minor league teams in a variety of sports, including ice hockey, baseball and football. He died in 2015 at the age of 83 in Bannockburn, Illinois, where he lived.<ref>[http://www.kansas.com/sports/other-sports/wichita-thunder/article49121195.html Former Thunder Owner Horn Chen dies] ''The Wichita Eagle'' (subscription required)</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.burnettdane.com/obituaries/|title=Obituaries|website=Burnett-Dane Funeral Home|accessdate=29 June 2023}}</ref>

==Sports teams owned by Horn Chen== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break}}

===Ice hockey=== *Columbus Chill (ECHL)<ref name="autogenerated1"/> *Indianapolis Ice (IHL)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/article/57853 |title=Horn Chen Returns To Own Indianapolis' CHL Franchise |publisher=Sportsbusinessdaily.com |date= |accessdate=2010-05-07}}</ref> *Mississippi RiverKings (CHL)<ref name="Sportsbusinessdaily.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/article/57674 |title=Minor League Investor Horn Chen Brings On New Partner For Teams |publisher=Sportsbusinessdaily.com |date= |accessdate=2010-05-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maddoxfoundation.org/press_its_official_riverkings_have_a_new_owner.htm |title=It's Official - RiverKings Have a New Owner |accessdate=2014-01-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516005724/http://www.maddoxfoundation.org/press_its_official_riverkings_have_a_new_owner.htm |archivedate=2011-05-16 }}</ref> *Oklahoma City Blazers (CHL)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.newsok.com/blazers/2009/02/12/lawsuit-info/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110721143326/http://blog.newsok.com/blazers/2009/02/12/lawsuit-info/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-21 |title=Lawsuit info… &#124; Blazers |publisher=Blog.newsok.com |date=2009-02-12 |accessdate=2010-05-07 }}</ref> *Topeka Tarantulas (CHL)<ref>{{cite book|first=Jon C.|last=Scott|title=Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South|year=2006|publisher=Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd.|page=189|isbn=1-894974-21-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/hockeynightindix0000stot}}</ref> *Wichita Thunder (CHL)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glassrattler.com/horn-chen-donates-11-000-t9356.html |title=CHL : Horn Chen Donates $11,000 |publisher=Glassrattler.com |date= |accessdate=2010-05-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=4184 |title=CJOnline Blogs - Chen close to landing Wichita baseball team |publisher=Blogs.cjonline.com |accessdate=2010-05-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708162205/http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=4184 |archivedate=2011-07-08 }}</ref> {{Col-break}}

===Football=== *Memphis Xplorers (AF2)<ref name="Sportsbusinessdaily.com"/> *Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz (AFL)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://journalrecord.com/2007/09/yard-dawgz-get-new-owner/|title=Yard Dawgz Get New Owner|publisher=The Journal Record|date=September 6, 2007|access-date=December 3, 2023}}</ref> *Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forgetmagazine.com/081501.htm |title=Rough Riders and Other Canadian Icons|publisher=Forget Magazine|accessdate=2010-05-07 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322224140/http://www.forgetmagazine.com/081501.htm |archivedate=2010-03-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=CBC Sports Online |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/columns/newsmakers/renegades.html |title=CBC Sports Online: Newsmaker: Ottawa football |publisher=Cbc.ca |date=2005-04-12 |accessdate=2010-05-07}}</ref>

===Baseball=== *Coastal Bend Aviators (CBL)<ref>{{cite web|last=Bedsole |first=Bart |url=http://www.kristv.com/news/county-could-settle-with-chen/ |title=Corpus Christi, TX &#124; KRISTV.com &#124; - County Could Settle With Chen |publisher=KRISTV.com |date=2009-11-13 |accessdate=2010-05-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117141155/http://www.kristv.com/news/county-could-settle-with-chen/ |archivedate=2010-01-17 }}</ref> *Springfield-Ozark Mountain Ducks (CBL)

===Basketball=== *Fargo-Moorhead Fever (CBA) {{col-end}}

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