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	Giants Owner Wellington Mara Dies - Deadspin
		Mara was one of the most influential owners in sports history, pioneering the notion of sharing television revenue among all the teams, which is why, say, we have a team in Green Bay right now.
		Mara was a busy man, but his wife might have been even busier; they had 11 children and 40 grandchildren.
		Mara was a true gentleman and one of the last links back to the NFL's early days.
	www.deadspin.com /sports/nfl/giants-owner-wellington-mara-dies-133020.php (337 words)

	Wellington Mara - Giants.com
		WELLINGTON T. Wellington Mara, the Giants’ President and Co-Chief Executive Officer who was a vital member of the franchise for every one of its 81 years, a National Football League icon and one of the most beloved and respected figures in professional sports, died this year, Tuesday, October 25.
		Mara was diagnosed with cancerous lymph nodes in early April.
		Wellington Mara attended the induction ceremony then, typically, was back at work the next day.
	www.giants.com /WellingtonMara.asp (443 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		The son of the late Timothy J. Mara, who was the Giants founder and a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Wellington Mara joined the Giants in 1937 as a part-time assistant to the president.
		Mara’s extensive experience in organization, player personnel, trading and drafting helped produce 16 NFL/NFC divisional titles (two came after his induction into the Hall of Fame) and four NFL championships during his 68-season tenure that began with his graduation from Fordham in 1937.
		Mara, who was born August 14, 1916, in New York City, was respected as one of the most knowledgeable executives in pro football.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=140 (398 words)

	Wellington Mara, NFL's senior owner, dies at 89
		NEW YORK-- Wellington Mara of the New York Giants, one of the NFL's most influential owners for more than a half century and the last of the league's founding generation, died Tuesday.
		Mara, who was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997, died of cancer at his home in Rye, the team said.
		But Mara and several other old-guard owners finally agreed to break a stalemate of four months by throwing their votes to Tagliabue and he became one of the new commissioner's staunchest supporters, a man Tagliabue often leaned on for advice.
	www.suntimes.com /output/football/mara25.html (1063 words)

	WELLINGTON MARA: 1916-2005 / Old-school owner took Giants to the top / League patriarch championed revenue-sharing
		Wellington Mara, the patriarch of the National Football League, who served as a ballboy for the leather-helmeted 1925 New York Giants and later turned the team -- founded by his father -- into one of the marquee names in professional sports, died Tuesday at his home in Rye, N.Y. He was 89.
		Mara was an owner who was also a gentleman of the old school, a serious businessman and a serious fan maintaining a careful reserve in contrast with more voluble or explosive sports executives.
		Wellington Mara was elected to the Hall in 1997 as the Maras became the first father-son inductees.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/10/26/SPGK9FDUNT1.DTL&type=printable (857 words)

	Wellington Mara, Co-Owner of New York Giants, Is Dead at 89 - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Wellington Mara, the co-owner of the New York Giants of the National Football League, a presence with the franchise since his father founded the team in 1925, and the senior management figure in pro football, died today at his home in Rye, N.Y. He was 89.
		Wellington Mara, former owner of the New York Giants, at the Princeton Club in New York in 1973.
		Wellington Mara, the Giants' president and co-chief executive officer, was elected to the Hall in 1997 as the Maras became the first father and son to be inducted.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/10/25/sports/football/25cnd-mara.html?ex=1287892800&en=2669e8470bb99916&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (1024 words)

	Press Releases - Story - WELLINGTON T. MARA (1916-2005) - Giants.com
		WELLINGTON T. Wellington Mara, the Giants’ President and Co-Chief Executive Officer who was a vital member of the franchise for every one of its 81 years, a National Football League icon and one of the most beloved and respected figures in professional sports, died today.
		Mara was elected President of the National Football Conference in 1984, succeeding the late George Halas in that role.
		Wellington Mara was nine years old when his father purchased the team, a transaction that began a lifetime dedicated to the Giants and the National Football League.
	www.giants.com /news/press_releases/story.asp?story_id=10302 (3082 words)

	Influential Football Owner Wellington Mara Dies - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Wellington Mara, co-owner of the New York Giants, and one of the most influential men in the history of the National Football League, died on Tuesday at age 89, from cancer.
		Mara began his NFL career as a ball-boy and shoe-shiner for the New York Giants, which his father, Timothy, had bought in 1925 for $500.
		Mara and his nephew clashed about the direction of the team, going so far as to erect Venetian blinds between the owners' boxes, and leaving the Giants in as much disarray off the field as they were on it.
	www.forbes.com /2005/10/25/mara-giants-football-cz_mb_1025autofacescan09.html (659 words)

	Obituary: Wellington Mara / Well-respected 'Giant in NFL and life' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Wellington Mara was so synonymous with professional football that his nickname, "The Duke," was the official name of the Wilson model football that was thrown, carried and kicked in the National Football League for more than a quarter of a century.
		Mara and his family ceded their right to sell their broadcast rights in the biggest media market in favor of a league-wide TV contract in which all of the league's franchises shared the revenue.
		Mara was involved in every aspect of operating the Giants and for most of the last eight decades was the chief decision-maker on all football matters while his brother concentrated on business decisions.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05299/594923.stm (925 words)

	Wellington Mara Dies; Giants Owner, NFL Impresario
		Wellington Mara, who had owned the New York Giants football team since 1930 and was a primary architect in making professional football the dominant team sport in the United States, died Oct. 25 of lymphatic cancer at his home in Rye, N.Y. He was 89.
		Mara came home with a cold from standing in the autumn shade, his mother demanded that the team's bench be moved to the sunny side of the field.
		Mara could be a hard-nosed negotiator, as Huff learned in 1956 when he asked for an increase of his $7,500 salary.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501858_pf.html (945 words)

	Scout.com: New York loses biggest Giant of them all
		Mara was surrounded by his wife, Ann, his 11 children and their spouses and many of his 40 grandchildren when he passed away at 9:26 a.m.
		Mara, the son of an Irish bookmaker who bought the Giants for $500 in 1925, grew to be a powerful icon in the NFL, influential when it came to setting policy and direction.
		Wellington Mara’s only time away from the team was during World War II when he served in both the Atlantic and Pacific corridors with the Navy, finally leaving with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
	giants.scout.com /2/457484.html (2124 words)

	Wellington Mara -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Wellington Mara -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Wellington Timothy Mara (Born August 14, 1916, in (Click link for more info and facts about New York, New York) New York, New York) is co-owner and co-CEO of the (Click link for more info and facts about New York Giants) New York Giants.
		He is the son of Timothy Mara, who founded the Giants in 1925.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/we/wellington_mara.htm (77 words)

	Outside The Beltway » Wellington Mara, Co-Owner of New York Giants, Dies at 89 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Wellington Mara, owner of the National Football League's New York Giants and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died today from cancer at age 89.
		Wellington Mara, president of the New York Giants who now shares co-chief executive officer duties with co-owner Robert Tisch, is a man whose entire lifetime has been dedicated to the National Football League and his family-owned Giants.
		The son of the late Timothy J. Mara, who was the Giants founder and a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Wellington Mara joined the Giants in 1937 as a part-time assistant to the president.
	www.outsidethebeltway.com /archives/12425 (1508 words)

	MSG
		Wellington Mara was a unique figure in the history of the National Football League, and we are deeply saddened by his passing.
		Wellington Mara will be missed and well remembered by everyone in the Giants organization and will remain an inspiration to it for as long as the franchise exists.
		Wellington Mara was an icon, and while his loss diminishes all of us, everyone who knew or was influenced by him is better for it.
	www.msgnetwork.com /content_news.jsp?articleID=v0000msgn20051025T174047713&newsgroup=ap.sportsml.columnist.article&sports=american-football&team=Giants&league=nfl (3735 words)

	The Neil Rogers Show - News - Wellington Mara, Co-Owner of New York Giants, Is Dead at 89
		In 1971, Mara announced that the Giants would leave Yankee Stadium for a new stadium in New Jersey, but before it could be built, New York City officials essentially evicted the team when they began a renovation for the benefit of the Yankees.
		Wellington Mara and Timmy Mara, Jack Mara's son, who had become vice president after his father's death and whose side of the family controlled half the team, barely spoke to each other.
		Wellington Mara's son Chris is vice president of player evaluation and another son, Frank, is director of promotions.
	news.neilrogers.com /news/articles/2005102612.html (1890 words)

	Giants co-owner Wellington Mara dies of cancer - NFL News - Buffalo Bills
		Mara was surrounded by his wife, Ann, his 11 children and their spouses, and many of his 40 grandchildren when he died at 9:26 a.m.
		Wellington Mara also was an invaluable contributor to the NFL as a member of many ownership committees and was recognized for always putting the league's interests ahead of what was best for the Giants.
		Mara was elected president of the NFC in 1984, succeeding the late George Halas in that role.
	www.buffalobills.com /news/NFLNews.jsp?id=5299 (940 words)

	University Mourns Passing of Wellington Mara
		Mara joined the football New York Giants as a ball boy at the age of nine shortly after his father, Timothy J. Mara, purchased the team.
		Wellington became the youngest owner of a professional sports team in 1930 at the age of 14 when his father named him and his brother Jack co-owners of the Giants.
		Mara’s life and to have been able to express its gratitude with the Founder’s Award, “ said John Tognino, FCLS ’75, chairman of the Fordham University Board of Trustees.
	www.fordham.edu /campus_resources/public_affairs/archives/2005/archive_582.asp (565 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- When Mara spoke, other NFL owners took notice
		Wellington as a 9-year-old began serving the team as a ballboy and would go on to represent it in every facet of an NFL team's operation.
		The Maras of the 1920s may not have been Park Avenue, but Timothy J. Mara did business of a sort with the Vanderbilts, the Whitneys and the Astors when the '20s were roaring, some young women were referred to as flappers and almost every man wore a hat.
		To Neft, Mara's contributions were not so much represented by the acts he championed but in the influence he had with the other members of the NFL ownership lodge.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/nfl/20051026-9999-1s26mara.html (870 words)

	Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
		Mara, whose nickname is "Duke," has done everything with the Giants from his first job as a training camp ballboy to the on- the-field operations to scouting and general organization, and eventually to the front office executive capacity where he now serves as President and Co-Chief Executive Officer.
		Mara observed that the Giants bench was on the shaded side of the field while the visitor's bench was in the sun.
		Mara was directly challenged by the placement of a rival AFL franchise in New York.
	www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=2mara-w (2212 words)

	SportingNews.com - Wellington Mara, NFL's senior owner, dies at 89
		Mara, who joined the New York Giants as a ballboy the day his father purchased the team 80 years ago and became co-owner as a teenager, was the face of the franchise for more than a half century.
		"Wellington Mara was a true pioneer who understood what it took to make the National Football League great," said Gene Upshaw, executive director of the NFL Players Association.
		Mara became one of the new commissioner's staunchest supporters, a man Tagliabue often leaned on for advice.
	www.sportingnews.com /nfl/articles/20051025/666632-p.html (1293 words)

	WirePost Test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		When Well Mara stood to speak at a league meeting, the room would become silent with anticipation, because all of us knew we were going to hear profound insights born of eight decades of league experience." — NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue.
		Well Mara was a wonderful and generous man. He was a major influence in my life, and I was proud to have him as a friend." — Dallas coach Bill Parcells, who coached the Giants from 1983-1990, winning Super Bowls after the 1986 and 1990 seasons.
		Wellington Mara was an icon, and while his loss diminishes all of us, everyone who knew or was influenced by him is better for it." — Denver owner Pat Bowlen.
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	New York Daily News - Football - Filip Bondy: Seats empty, words not (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Mara all but fired his head coach yesterday, a month before season's end, which should not surprise anybody who has watched the Giants bumble their way through the month of November.
		Mara's words were meant as reassurance to shellshocked fans, who have come to fear the status quo as much as the next Sunday.
		Mara is a good businessman who has always looked to the fans, to the seats, for guidance.
	www.nydailynews.com /sports/football/story/141573p-125523c.html (1013 words)

	Quotes: Remembering Mara
		When Well Mara stood to speak at a league meeting, the room would become silent with anticipation, because all of us knew we were going to hear profound insights born of eight decades of league experience." -- NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue.
		Wellington Mara was an icon, and while his loss diminishes all of us, everyone who knew or was influenced by him is better for it." -- Denver owner Pat Bowlen.
		Mara was the greatest thing that ever happened to the New York Giants.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501166_pf.html (1717 words)

	House Approves Legislation to Honor Wellington Mara
		Wellington"s success in the New York media market did not discourage him from supporting an agreement to share television revenues equally among all NFL teams. In supporting the agreement, Wellington and Jack Mara sacrificed significant revenue for their own team, but put the NFL on a path to collective success that it still enjoys today.
		Mara was so highly regarded by his fellow owners that on March 27, 2006, the NFL renamed their official game ball "The Duke," the nickname given to Mara as a child by the New York Giants' players.
		Mara passed away on October 25, 2005 at the age of 89. He is survived by his wife, 11 children, 41 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.
	www.fordham.edu /campus_resources/public_affairs/archives/2006/archive_659.asp (431 words)

	Wellington Mara's enshrinement transcript - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Today, Wellington Mara; will be enshrined in Pro Football’s Hall of Fame and I am deeply honored he has asked me to be his presenter.
		Indeed, it was Wellington Mara’s strong support of the Hall of Fame that helped this shrine become a reality here in Canton back in the early sixties.
		Well, Wellington Mara has been the key ingredient in the Giants’ six NFL championships, 18 divisional titles and today Wellington Mara becomes the 24th member of the Giants organization to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
	www.profootballhof.com /history/release.jsp?release_id=1770 (1570 words)

	News Release
		Mara put the league on the path to equality by agreeing to share lucrative television revenue equally among all teams for collective success instead of his personal profit.
		Wellington Mara is survived by his wife of 61 years Ann, his 11 children and his 40 grandchildren.
		Mara not only led the Giants to prosperity on the football field, but led the National Football League to prosperity by selflessly sharing revenue equally among all teams.
	www.house.gov /rothman/news_releases/rel_110305_Wellington_Mara.htm (253 words)

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