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George Preston Marshall (October 11, 1896 – August 9, 1969) was an American football executive who owned the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He founded the franchise as the Boston Braves in 1932 based on the remnants of the Newark Tornadoes, a defunct franchise which was sold back to the league in 1930. [1]
Full Name: George Preston Marshall. Birthdate: Oct. 11, 1896. Birthplace: Grafton, W. Va. Died: Aug. 9, 1969. High School: Friends Select (Washington D.C.) Enshrined into Pro Football Hall of Fame: Sept. 7, 1963
Jun 24, 2020 · George Preston Marshall, the original owner of the N.F.L. team in Washington that was the last franchise to integrate its roster, will have his name removed from the team’s stadium...
Sep 4, 2011 · As Thomas G. Smith writes in his new book, Showdown: JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins, Redskins owner George Preston Marshall was quite happy running the last segregated...
Jun 24, 2020 · The NFL’s Washington Redskins team is making a clean break with its past and is removing the name of founder George Preston Marshall from all official team material, as well as pulling his...
Jun 24, 2020 · The Washington Redskins are removing George Preston Marshall's name from their Ring of Fame at FedEx Field, according to a team spokesman, less than a week after his statue was removed from...
Jun 24, 2020 · A week after this monument to the founder of the Washington Redskins, George Preston Marshall was taken down, the team announced that it will also remove his name from the Ring of Fame at FedEx...
George Preston Marshall, founder, owner and president emeritus of the Washington Redskins football club, died in his sleep at his Georgetown home yesterday at 7:55 a.m. He was 72.
Mar 13, 2024 · As the very model of the dynamic 20th century gentleman, George Preston Marshall, the president of the Washington Redskins football team, is something of an anomaly. Unusually...
MARSHALL, George Preston (b. 11 October 1896 in Grafton, West Virginia; d. 9 August 1969 in Washington, D.C.), flamboyant businessman and professional sports entrepreneur who originated many of the ideas that made the National Football League a popular and commercial success.
