Timothy James Mara was the founding owner of the New York Giants of the National Football League.
16 Facts About Tim Mara
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Tim Mara, the son of Elizabeth and John Tim Mara, a policeman, of Irish descent, was born into poverty on New York City's Lower East Side.
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Tim Mara then worked as a newsboy selling newspapers on the streets.
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Tim Mara soon became a runner for the bookies, earning five percent of the bets he collected and receiving tips from winners when he delivered their cash.
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However still looking for a way to cash in on Grange's popularity, Tim Mara scheduled a game against the Bears to be played at the Polo Grounds.
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The gate receipts totaled $143,000 for that one game against Grange and the Bears, and Tim Mara recovered all of his losses for the 1925 season.
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Tim Mara then challenged the AFL champion Philadelphia Quakers to a game and they accepted.
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Tim Mara even allowed the team to play its home games at Yankee Stadium.
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However, he first needed permission from Tim Mara to set up his franchise, because Staten Island was within Tim Mara's exclusive territory.
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In 1929, Tim Mara was looking for a player who might approach Grange in fan appeal.
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Tim Mara saw Benny Friedman of the Detroit Wolverines as the best option available.
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When he couldn't make a deal for Friedman, Tim Mara simply bought the entire Detroit franchise for $10,000.
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In 1936 and 1937, Tim Mara successfully battled for New York's pro football market against the Brooklyn Tigers and the New York Yankees of the second American Football League.
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Tim Mara successfully outlasted the New York Yankees of the third American Football League.
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From 1946 to 1949, Tim Mara engaged in an all-out war with the All-America Football Conference.
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Again Tim Mara fought hard for New York's pro football fanbase and eventually won.