Daniel Reid Topping (June 11, 1912 – May 18, 1974) was a part owner and president of the
New York Yankees baseball team from 1945 to 1964. Daniel Reid Topping was the son of Rhea Reid and Henry J. Topping. Rhea Reid, the daughter of
Daniel G. Reid, known as the "Tinplate King" for his vast wealth in the tin industry, was the mother of three sons, Daniel Reid Topping, Henry J. Topping (1914), and John Reid Topping (1921). Daniel Topping, along with
Del Webb and
Larry MacPhail, purchased the Yankees for $2.8 million from the estate of the late
Jacob Ruppert on January 25, 1945. MacPhail sold his share of the team to Topping and Webb in 1947, and the two sold controlling interest in the team to CBS in
1964, after which Topping remained as team president until 1966, when he sold his remaining stake in the Yankees.