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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mark_McCormackMark McCormack - Wikipedia

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   Known for. Founder and president of IMG. Mark Hume McCormack (November 6, 1930 – May 16, 2003) was an American lawyer, sports agent and writer. He was the founder and chairman of International Management Group, now IMG, an international management organization serving sports figures and celebrities.

2. www.nytimes.com › 2003/05/17 › sportsMark H. McCormack, 72, Pioneer of Sports Marketing

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   May 17, 2003 · Mark H. McCormack, who created the sports marketing industry and turned his company, IMG, into the largest of its kind in the world and a billion-dollar-a-year business, died yesterday at a...

3. www.tennisfame.com › inductees › mark-mccormackMark McCormack - International Tennis Hall of Fame

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   Biography. In 1990, Sports Illustrated named Mark Hume McCormack the “Most Powerful Man In Sport.”. By the time his dealings in the tennis world had ended, Tennis Magazine called him the “Most Powerful Man In Tennis.”. McCormack was among the first to connect professional athletes with endorsement and sponsorship contracts and as the ...

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   Who was Mark McCormack?

   • The Visionary He created sports marketing and changed the worlds of golf, tennis and television. How will IMG survive the loss of its brilliant founder? Mark McCormack 1930-2003 - Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com The Visionary He created sports marketing and changed the worlds of golf, tennis and television.

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   Is John McCormack still the godfather of sports marketing?

   • Despite the changes in ownership, McCormack's legacy as the godfather of sports marketing remains intact, 55 years after his landmark handshake with Palmer. "I had luck," McCormack told London's Sunday Times. "I saw those two big things (television and high-profile athletes), and suddenly everybody started relating to sports.

   Mark McCormack Transformed Sports As First Superagent

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   How did Mark McCormack make money?

   • With McCormack netting them big deals, money poured in for everything from appearance fees to corporate outings. "He realized how much sports were part of the culture," said Kirstin Kay, archivist at the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at the University of Massachusetts.

   Mark McCormack Transformed Sports As First Superagent

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   Who is Mark Hume McCormack?

   • Mark Hume McCormack was born Nov. 6, 1930, in Chicago. When he was 6, he was hit by a car and fractured his skull, and his doctor barred him from contact sports. His father, a well-to-do publisher of a farm journal, introduced him to golf, and he played occasionally with his godfather, the poet and historian Carl Sandburg.

   Mark H. McCormack, 72, Pioneer of Sports Marketing

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5. www.cbn.com › entertainment › sportsRemembering Mark McCormack: A Tribute to a Sports Visionary

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   The sports world recently lost one of the most influential and powerful man it had ever known. After suffering a cardiac arrest in January, 72-year-old Mark McCormack went into a coma and stayed in a coma for nearly four months. In May, he went to be with the Lord.

6. www.investors.com › news › managementMark McCormack Transformed Sports As First Superagent

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   May 26, 2015 · Mark McCormack Transformed Sports As First Superagent. Imagine a PGA tour where the world's best golfers earn a pittance for endorsement deals. Mark McCormack couldn't. In 1959 the...

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   May 26, 2003 · The Visionary He created sports marketing and changed the worlds of golf, tennis and television. How will IMG survive the loss of its brilliant founder? Mark McCormack 1930-2003 - Sports...

9. www.cbsnews.com › news › sports-marketing-pioneer-diesSports Marketing Pioneer Dies - CBS News

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   May 16, 2003 · Mark McCormack, the sports marketing pioneer whose company IMG represents Tiger Woods, Derek Jeter and numerous other stars, died Friday at age 72. McCormack died in New York four months...