Special picture for the occaison.
At least he went out with the knowledge that the Giants are in the good hands of Eli Manning.
Good guy. He's been around since the days of Red Grange. He'll be missed, much like former Giants' GM George Young.
Posted on 10/25/2005 7:37:35 AM PDT by Jhensy
Just heard, passed away at 9:30 am. A great, great man. From a die-hard Giants fan, RIP Mr. Mara.
Makes Sunday's amazing comeback win all the more poignant. Wellington left with a smile on his face.
Truly a class act. Rest in Peace.
Met him once. A nice man and a class act. RIP.
From a die-hard Cowboys fan, Rest in Peace, sir.............
Truly a class gentleman. His support for Catholic charities and pro-life causes is legendary. He never took public credit for any of it.
A giant in the sports world. Seriously.
Special picture for the occaison.
At least he went out with the knowledge that the Giants are in the good hands of Eli Manning.
Good guy. He's been around since the days of Red Grange. He'll be missed, much like former Giants' GM George Young.
There was a story the other day about him being able to watch Manning's come-back win this past Sunday, and his being very happy about it. What a way to go out.
RIP Mr. Mara, thanks for the memories.
Another old-timer's left this world. He was one of the few holdovers of American football's birth still alive.
Damn.
May he rest in peace.
At least he passed knowing that the team has a new young superstar in the making with Eli Manning.
Go Giants.
What a great photo.
A Giant of a man with dignity and class. May he rest in peace.
Big Blue bttt ...
Condolences from another Cowboy fan.
He sounds like a great man.
RIP, a great man.
Wellington Timothy Mara. . .Spent entire adult life with Giants. . . Assistant to the President and Treasurer, 1937; Secretary, 1938-1940; Vice-President and Secretary, 1945-1958; Vice-President, 1959-1965; President, 1966-1990; President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, 1991-present. . . With Mara’s extensive experience in organization, player personnel, trading and drafting, Giants won 14 divisional, four NFL titles including two Super Bowls. . .Served on several league committees. . .NFC President, 1984-Present. . .Born August 14, 1916, in New York, New York.
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. He began full-time work in 1938 as club secretary and later served as vice president before becoming the team’s president after the death of his older brother, Jack, in 1965.
Mara’s extensive experience in organization, player personnel, trading and drafting has helped produce 14 NFL/NFC divisional titles and four NFL championships during his 60-season tenure that began with his graduation from Fordham in 1937. Even when he was a college student, Mara made a significant contribution when he drafted and signed future Hall of Famer Tuffy Leemans in 1936. Mara-engineered trades that brought such stars as Y.A. Tittle, Andy Robustelli and Del Shofner to the team were combined with his drafting of Frank Gifford and Roosevelt Brown, both future Hall of Famers, to mold the Giants into a dominant team in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
From 1956 to 1963, the Giants won six divisional championships and the 1956 NFL title. In more recent years, Mara’s Giants won Super Bowls XXI and XXV. Mara, who was born August 14, 1916, in New York City, now is respected as one of the most knowledgeable executives in pro football.
Since 1984, he has served as president of the National Football Conference. He currently serves on the Hall of Fame and realignment committees, as co-chairman of the long-range planning committee and on the NFL Management Council’s executive committee. In previous years, he also was a member of the constitution, pro-college relations and commissioner search committees.
At the recommendation of New York Giants owner Wellington Mara, a close friend of Landry's during his playing and coaching days in New York, Schramm hired Landry as the Cowboys' first coach. After surviving the early expansion years, Landry guided the Cowboys to 20 consecutive winning seasons, a streak that ended in 1986.
Wellington Mara Rest in peace. He was one of the architects of the NFL and a classy guy.
Read post #17.
Both Landry and Lombardi were on the Giants coaching staff before moving on to the Cowboys and Packers.
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