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Adolph Coors

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The Resume

    (February 4, 1847-June 5, 1929)
    Died in Virginia (possible suicide)
    Birth name was Adolph Herman Joseph Coors
    Moved to the United states (1868)
    Founder of the Adolph Coors Company in Golden, Colorado
    Founded the Coors Porcelain Company
    Subject of the biography 'Citizen Coors: An American Dynasty' by Dan Baum

Why he might be annoying:

    He named his company and his son after himself (ego-maniac!).
    While living in Germany, he dodged a military draft.
    After floods from Clear Creek nearly destroyed his brewery in Golden Colorado, he hired workers to move the creek instead of moving the brewery.
    When the National Prohibition Act crippled his brewery, he poured all his beer (over 17,000 gallons) into Clear Creek.
    Nine years into the prohibition (and four months before the stock market crash), he plunged six stories from a hotel window in a debated intentional suicide.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His parents died when he was fifteen.
    He worked as a bookkeeper to support his three year apprenticeship at the Henry Wenker Brewery.
    He came to America with no money and no understanding of the English language.
    The National Prohibition Act caused his brewery to shut down (January 16, 1920).
    He successfully ran a pottery company throughout prohibition.
    The Hershey Company hired him to produce malted chocolate sweets.
    His brewing company survived post prohibition (but he had already killed himself four years before it had ended).

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 25 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 136 Votes: 63.24% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 51.22% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 69 Votes: 68.12% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 128 Votes: 57.03% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 189 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 297 Votes: 53.87% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 56 Votes: 51.79% Annoying