Sidney Shlenker was the team president of the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball and the owner of the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association.
12 Facts About Sidney Shlenker
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Sidney Shlenker graduated from St John's School in Houston, and attended Tulane University, but dropped out without graduating.
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Sidney Shlenker fired Spec Richardson, the team's general manager, and hired Tal Smith.
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Sidney Shlenker became a part-owner of the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association in 1982.
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Sidney Shlenker reached an agreement with the city of Denver to renovate the McNichols Arena.
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Sidney Shlenker owned the Denver Dynamite of the Arena Football League.
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Sidney Shlenker refused to operate by the financial rules of the AFL, and suspended the team's operations after one season.
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Sidney Shlenker sold the Nuggets in November 1989 for $65 million.
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Sidney Shlenker then moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he managed the construction of the Memphis Pyramid.
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Sidney Shlenker testified in the trial of Heidi Fleiss, the "Hollywood Madam", in 1995.
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Sidney Shlenker suffered a spinal cord injury in a 1998 motor vehicle accident on US Route 395 in Big Pine, California.
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Sidney Shlenker died of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on April 23,2003.