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10-26-2005, 08:36 AM
+-------- NY Giants Co-Owner Wellington Mara Dies -------+
RYE, N.Y. - Wellington Mara, the co-owner of the New York
Giants of the National Football League, died at his Rye,
N.Y., home of lymphatic cancer at the age of 89.
Mara's father, Tim, who died in 1959, was a charter member
of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Wellington Mara, the
Giants' president and co-chief executive officer, was
elected to the Hall of Fame in 1997, making the Maras the
first father and son inducted in the hall.
Mara sat on the Giants' bench at the Polo Grounds as a
9-year-old ball boy on Oct. 18, 1925, when they played
their first home game.
In much of the 1970's, Mara served as chairman of the
executive committee of the NFL Management Council, the
owners group that negotiated with the players union, The
New York Times said.
RYE, N.Y. - Wellington Mara, the co-owner of the New York
Giants of the National Football League, died at his Rye,
N.Y., home of lymphatic cancer at the age of 89.
Mara's father, Tim, who died in 1959, was a charter member
of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Wellington Mara, the
Giants' president and co-chief executive officer, was
elected to the Hall of Fame in 1997, making the Maras the
first father and son inducted in the hall.
Mara sat on the Giants' bench at the Polo Grounds as a
9-year-old ball boy on Oct. 18, 1925, when they played
their first home game.
In much of the 1970's, Mara served as chairman of the
executive committee of the NFL Management Council, the
owners group that negotiated with the players union, The
New York Times said.