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Albert Horne "Peter" Burchfield, III is a former National Hockey League co-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins starting on April 21, 1971. [1] He made his fortune as the longtime executive of the Joseph Horne Company department store also based in Pittsburgh. [1]


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