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2× NFL champion ( 1937, 1942) Pro Football Hall of Fame. 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 ...
- Founder and owner
- Randolph-Macon College
- October 11, 1896, Grafton, West Virginia, U.S.
- August 9, 1969 (aged 72), Washington, D.C., U.S.
Jun 24, 2020 · By Ken Belson. Published June 24, 2020 Updated July 16, 2020. George Preston Marshall, the original owner of the N.F.L. team in Washington that was the last franchise to integrate its roster,...
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...
Oct 6, 2012 · The Redskins were owned by George Preston Marshall, who was born in segregated West Virginia to native Washingtonians. He attended segregated high schools in Washington. His family counted...
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Jun 24, 2020 · CNN — Less than a week after a monument to the founder of the Washington Redskins was removed over his racist past, the football team told CNN that George Preston Marshall’s tainted...
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...
Renamed the Redskins in 1933 and moved to Washington in 1937, Marshall's teams, particularly in the 1936-45 decade, were very successful. They won NFL championships in 1937 and 1942 and divisional titles four other times during that period.
