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Arthur Bertram Modell [1] (June 23, 1925 – September 6, 2012) was an American businessman, entrepreneur and National Football League (NFL) team owner. He owned the Cleveland Browns franchise for 35 years and established the Baltimore Ravens franchise, which he owned for eight years. Assuming control of the Browns franchise in 1961, Modell was ...
Sep 7, 2012 · Art Modell, a marketing executive who helped negotiate the NFL’s first television contract and later enraged fans when he moved the Cleveland Browns franchise to Baltimore, has died. He was...
This is the story of the life and career of Art Modell. Early Life. Arthur Bertram “Art” Modell was born on June 23, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. Modell witnessed a harsh taste of life in the business world at a young age. His father, George, was a wine sales manager who lost everything when the stock market crashed in 1929.
Sep 7, 2012 · Art Modell, who helped make professional football more popular than baseball and rich beyond its wildest dreams but who broke Cleveland’s heart by killing his money-losing team, the Browns, to...
Sep 6, 2012 · The innovative Modell, whose reputation was forever tainted when he moved his franchise from Cleveland to Baltimore, died early Thursday. He was 87. The team said Modell died of natural causes at...
Sep 6, 2012 · The innovative Modell, whose reputation was forever tainted when he moved his franchise from Cleveland to Baltimore, died early Thursday. He was 87. David Modell said he and his brother, John ...
Sep 6, 2012 · Former Baltimore Ravens owner Art Modell died early Thursday, the longtime NFL stalwart who incurred the wrath of Cleveland fans when he moved the team from Ohio and admittedly tarnished his...
