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    Kenneth Stanley " Bud " Adams, Jr. (January 3, 1923 – October 21, 2013) was an American businessman who was the founder and owner of the Houston Oilers of the American Football League, of which he was also a co-founder. The franchise eventually was moved to Nashville, where it was re-named the Tennessee Titans, a National Football League (NFL ...

  2. Oct 22, 2013 · Bud Adams, the 90-year-old founder of the Houston Oilers, died yesterday. Will he be remembered as the man who first brought professional football to Houston, or the man who moved it to...

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  3. Oct 21, 2013 · Adams built the AFL's most successful franchise in Houston, with the Oilers winning back-to-back championships in 1960 and 1961, and he brought a Super Bowl team to Nashville in 1999. In the...

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  5. Oct 1, 2017 · Sunday, October 1, 2017. 2017 marks two decades since Houston lost the Oilers. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As much as lifelong Houstonians committed to "Luv Ya Blue" in the latter part of...

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  6. They were owned by Bud Adams, a Houston oilman who had made several previous unsuccessful bids for an NFL expansion team in Houston. Adams was an influential member of the eight original AFL owners, since he, Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt and Buffalo Bills founder Ralph Wilson were more financially stable than the other five.

  7. Oct 21, 2013 · NASHVILLE — Kenneth Stanley "Bud" Adams, a Texas oilman who brought the National Football League to Nashville and ignited the city's love affair with the Tennessee Titans, died Monday, The...

  8. Adams owned the Houston Oilers, a professional football franchise that was expected to play its games in the Astrodome in 1965, the year it opened. However, Adams’s team did not move into the facility until 1968, opting instead to play in less opulent outdoor venues.

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