Enos Stanley “Stan” Kroenke was born July 29, 1947, in Columbia, Missouri, and raised in Mora, an unincorporated speck of a town whose population could be counted on two hands. His father, Alvin, owned the Mora Lumber Company. By age 10, Stan was sweeping the floors and keeping the books. By 12, he was putting in 10-hour days, six days a week, hauling lumber by hand. His full name honored two St. Louis Cardinals legends his family listened to on the radio: Enos Slaughter and