Wellington Mara passed away today. ___________________http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=140Wellington 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.__________________Truly a great loss to the Giants franchise and its good to see that he went out following a Giants win.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rockANDallstar @ Oct 25 2005, 03:10 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>I sware they showed a close up of him during the Broncos game on Sunday, that's a real shame RIP</div> Wait at the game? Because he was in his hospital bed when that game happened, as he was battling cancer.Anyway, RIP
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tha.New.Look.Giants. @ Oct 26 2005, 04:19 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rockANDallstar @ Oct 25 2005, 03:10 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> I sware they showed a close up of him during the Broncos game on Sunday, that's a real shame RIP</div>Wait at the game? Because he was in his hospital bed when that game happened, as he was battling cancer.Anyway, RIP </div> Guess it wasnt Wellington
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Giants Guy @ Oct 31 2005, 03:42 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>R.I.P The giants played a good game for him though.</div>Yeah I think the majority of football fans were cheering for the Giants yesterday.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (gopackers4 @ Oct 31 2005, 02:54 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Giants Guy @ Oct 31 2005, 03:42 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> R.I.P? ? The giants played a good game for him though.</div>Yeah I think the majority of football fans were cheering for the Giants yesterday. </div> Yeah probably except for the red skin fans.
