WORLD WIDE WING COMANDER HOOTERS OF AMERICA LAPEL PIN R.H.B

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YOU ARE BUYING A
WORLD WIDE WING COMANDER HOOTERS OF AMERICA PIN ROBERT BROOKS
THIS PIN WAS NEVER SOLD AND WAS FOR IN HOUSE ONLY, ONLY A FEW WERE MADE
DONT MISS THIS PIN IT'S A TRUE FIND
Robert H. Brooks (February 6, 1937 – July 15, 2006) was founder of
Naturally Fresh, Inc.
in 1966 in
Atlanta, Georgia
, and later created the
Hooters of America
restaurant chain in the mid-1980s.
Under Brooks' leadership, Hooters would expand from half a dozen restaurants (in and around
Clearwater, Florida
) to over 430 stores worldwide, including
Taiwan
,
Venezuela
, and
Switzerland
. It also included
Hooters Air
, an airline that ran from 2004 to 2006, the
Hooters Pro Cup
(
auto racing
), the
Hooters Pro Tour
(
golf
), the Hooters Casino in
Las Vegas, Nevada
that opened in February 2006, and Hooters
MasterCard
that debuted in March 2006. He was named
Georgia
Entrepreneur of the Year in 1996.
Brooks purchased the Hooters trademark from the company's founders in 2001, then turned over control of the company to his son, Coby, in 2003 and retired to
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
though he would come up and visit the Atlanta headquarters on a weekly basis. Even after his retirement from Hooters, he was still affectionately known as the "World Wide Wing Commander" by many within the company.
Commander" that ran from July 17, 2006 to September 10, 2006Following the announcement of Brooks' death on July 17, 2006, the main page of the Hooters website changed their sign to "Farewell World Wide Wing Commander" that ran
from July 17, 2006 to September 10, 2006.The 2007 Hooters swimsuit calendar was also dedicated in his memory
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