Wellington Mara 1916-2005

About the only thing I follow in sports are the New York Giants. Today their owner Wellington Mara passed away at the age of 89. He worked with the Giants for an amazing 81 years, becoming co-owner at the age of 14. Nice work if you can get it, but imagine doing the same thing for 81 years. Now imagine doing it well, really well, well enough to be in the NFL Hall of Fame. And, he treated members of the organization like family, even after they left the team. He had 11 children and 40 grandchildren, he was used to large families.