John V. Mara (March 21, 1908 – June 29, 1965) was a co-owner of the
New York Giants
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, an
American football
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team that plays in the
National Football League
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. Jack was the son of Elizabeth "Lizette" (née Barclay) and
Tim Mara
Timothy James Mara (July 29, 1887 – February 16, 1959) was the founding owner of the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).''Wellington, the Maras, the Giants, and the City of New York'', Carlo DeVito, Triumph Books, 2006, pp ...
and brother of
Wellington
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, and served as the team's president for 24 years. He and Wellington inherited the team upon their father's death in 1959.
He graduated from
Fordham University
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in 1933 with a law degree. However, he never became a practicing lawyer, instead joining the Giants as team president. In 1934 he married Helen Phelan, daughter of
New York State Athletic Commission
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chairman
John J. Phelan. They had two children - Maura and
Timothy J. Mara
Timothy J. Mara (August 6, 1935 – June 1, 1995) was an American businessman and part owner of the New York Giants football team. He, along with his mother Helen and sister Maura Concannon, owned a 50% stake in the team from 1965 until 1991. ...
.
Jack Mara died at the age of 57 on June 29, 1965, of cancer at Memorial Hospital.
He is buried at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Valhalla, New York. He was inducted into the
New York Giants Ring of Honor
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in 2010.
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1908 births
1965 deaths
20th-century American businesspeople
National Football League team presidents
New York Giants executives
New York Giants owners
Sportspeople from New York City
Mara family
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