650:"After the first year in football, I found that of all the things I've ever done, this is the thing. There is nothing more rewarding. You have everything wrapped up in one bundle. You meet much nicer people than you do in business. You meet the public, and you must learn to look out for them. There's no place where your word is more your bond than in sports. You'd never find 14 men who deal as fairly with one another as the 14 owners in the National Football League, particularly after some of the things that have gone on in business or on Wall Street. You play a part in the lives of young men, and you help them grow. And then every Sunday you have the great pleasure of dying."
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Frontiere's inheritance came as a surprise to many fans, who thought Steve
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and overall companies and 7,000 employees, leading some to dub
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Commissioner Bell. After reviewing 23 ballots, Rosenbloom brought up the name of Los Angeles Rams
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indicated that windy weather had forced the cancellation of a planned morning tennis match, and moved
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tempted Shula with about $ 750,000 and other perks. Rosenbloom was furious and successfully argued that Miami had tampered with Shula. Because of the infraction, the NFL awarded
Baltimore with Miami's
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893:(along with the Browns and Steelers). He was also the NFL's first visible owner and its first players' owner, and envisioned revenue-generating stadiums and luxury suites before anyone else.
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and the city's officials, Rosenbloom wanted to leave
Baltimore. In the next offseason in 1972, Rosenbloom completed a historic tax-free swapping of teams with new
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while swimming. Witnesses at the scene and the Miami coroner's office and the Miami chief of police confirmed this finding.
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coroner, stated, "there is not one scintilla of reason to believe this is anything other than an unfortunate accident," a
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1395:. (Florida). Associated Press. January 9, 1963. p. 14.
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1564:"Carroll Rosenbloom: Man of Mystery"
1514:Petersen's Pro Football 1979 Annual.
1057:"Nay on the neighs, yea on the baas"
1699:. December 11, 1960. Archived from
1661:Stewart, Larry (January 11, 2000).
1636:"Socialite moved Rams to St. Louis"
1618:"L.A. goes marching behind Georgia"
1616:Zimmerman, Paul (August 13, 1979).
1131:"Caroll Rosenbloom: Man of Mystery"
553:The Colts repeated as champions in
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1527:"NFL clears Rosenbloom of charges"
1363:Professional Football Hall of Fame
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906:Carroll Rosenbloom Memorial Award
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1820:"Georgia Irwin and Breck Eisner"
1722:Staff Writer (January 6, 2011).
1433:. St. Louis Rams. Archived from
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1197:Olsen, Jack (November 9, 1970).
1097:"The NFL's first "Modern Owner""
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1164:The Coffin Corner
1129:Eisenberg, John.
961:"Man in the News"
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