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| x Edmonton Investors Group Limited Partnership |
The Edmonton Investors Group Limited Partnership was the limited partnership that owned the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League, and is currently an owner of the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League.. With more than thirty...
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| x Wycliffe Grousbeck | Boston Celtics |
Wycliffe "Wyc" Grousbeck is CEO, governor, and co-owner of the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics.
After spending seven years as a partner at a venture capital firm, Highland Capital Partners, Grousbeck (along with his father H. Irving...
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| x Michael Heisley | Memphis Grizzlies |
Michael E. Heisley (born March 13, 1937) is an American businessman who is the majority owner of the Memphis Grizzlies. He orchestrated the move of the team from Vancouver in 2001, after promising to keep the franchise in Vancouver when he purchased...
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| x Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. |
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Toronto Raptors |
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE) is a professional sports company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Among its properties are the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League, the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball...
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| x Paul Allen |
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Seattle Seahawks |
Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American investor and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, a leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications. He is also the 48th richest...
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| x Bruce Ratner | Brooklyn Nets |
Bruce Ratner (born January 23, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American real estate developer and is a current minority owner of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets. His older brother is prominent New York attorney Michael Ratner and his sister is Ellen Ratner,...
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| x Herbert Kohl |
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Milwaukee Bucks |
Herbert H. "Herb" Kohl (born February 7, 1935) is the senior United States Senator from Wisconsin and a member of the Democratic Party. He is also a philanthropist and the owner of the Milwaukee Bucks National Basketball Association (NBA) team. He...
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| x James Dolan | New York Knicks |
James L. Dolan (born 1956) serves as President and CEO of Cablevision Systems Corporation and Executive Chairman of Madison Square Garden, Inc.
Dolan is married and resides on Long Island with his wife Kristin. He is the son of Cablevision founder...
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| x Glen Taylor | Minnesota Timberwolves |
Glen A. Taylor (born April 20, 1941) is an American businessman who is the majority owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves basketball team, owner of the Minnesota Lynx WNBA basketball team, and a former member of the Minnesota Senate.
Taylor grew up on...
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| x Christopher J. Cohan | Golden State Warriors |
Christopher J. Cohan is the former owner of the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. He assumed control of the team in 1995 and helped renovate the Warriors' arena (now known as the Oracle Arena). Under Cohan's ownership, however, the team experienced...
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| x Robert Sarver |
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Phoenix Suns |
Robert Sarver (born 1961 in Tucson, Arizona) is the current majority owner of the Phoenix Suns. He bought the NBA franchise from Jerry Colangelo in the spring of 2004.
His father was Jack Sarver, a prominent Tucson businessman, banker and hotel...
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| x Ed Snider |
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Philadelphia 76ers |
Edward M. Snider (born January 6, 1933, Washington, D.C.) is the chairman of Comcast Spectacor, a Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment company that owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL, the Wells Fargo Center, the regional sports network...
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| x Richard DeVos | Orlando Magic |
Richard DeVos, Sr. (born March 4, 1926, Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American businessman, co-founder of Amway along with Jay Van Andel (company restructured as Alticor in 2000), and owner of the Orlando Magic NBA basketball team. In 2011, Forbes...
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| x Mark Cuban |
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Dallas Mavericks |
Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American business magnate. He is the owner of the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres, and Magnolia Pictures, and the chairman of the HDTV cable network HDNet. He is also a ...
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| x Abe Pollin |
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Washington Wizards |
Abe Pollin (December 3, 1923 – November 24, 2009) was the owner of a number of professional sports teams including the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League (NHL), the Washington Mystics in the Women's National Basketball Association ...
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| x Peter Holt | San Antonio Spurs |
Peter M. Holt (born July 26, 1948 in Peoria, Illinois) is a businessman. He is the CEO of Holt Cat, the largest Caterpillar dealership in the United States and chairman, CEO, and owner of Spurs Sports & Entertainment, which owns the 4-time NBA...
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| x Dan Gilbert | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Daniel "Dan" Gilbert (born January 17, 1962) is the chairman and founder of Quicken Loans Inc., the majority owner of the National Basketball Association's Cleveland Cavaliers, the American Hockey League's Lake Erie Monsters, the Arena Football...
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| x Donald Sterling | Los Angeles Clippers |
Donald T. Sterling is an American real estate mogul, attorney, and the owner of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers. Sterling acquired the Clippers in 1981 for $12.5 million, and as of the 2008 rankings, the team is valued at ...
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| x Micky Arison |
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Miami Heat |
Micky Arison (born June 29, 1949) is an Israeli-American businessman. He is Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise operator, and owner of the NBA's Miami Heat.
Micky Arison is the son of Ted Arison, co-founder of...
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| x William Davidson | Tampa Bay Lightning |
William Morse "Bill" Davidson, J. D. (December 5, 1922 – March 13, 2009) was an American businessman who was President, Chairman and CEO of Guardian Industries, one of the world's largest manufacturers of architectural and automotive glass. He was...
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| x Jerry Buss |
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Los Angeles Lakers |
Gerald Hatten "Jerry" Buss (born January 27, 1934) is an American businessman, real estate investor, and a former chemist. He is the majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers professional basketball team along with other professional sports...
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| x Larry H. Miller |
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Utah Jazz |
Lawrence Horne "Larry H." Miller (April 26, 1944 – February 20, 2009) was a Utah businessman and philanthropist who was well known as the owner of the NBA's Utah Jazz and the of Triple-A baseball team, the Salt Lake Bees, 41 automotive dealerships...
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| x Jerry Reinsdorf |
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Chicago Bulls |
Jerry M. Reinsdorf (born February 25, 1936) is a CPA, lawyer and an owner of the MLB's Chicago White Sox and the NBA's Chicago Bulls. He started his professional life as a tax attorney with the Internal Revenue Service. He has been the head of the...
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| x Howard Schultz |
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Seattle Supersonics |
Howard Schultz (born July 19, 1953) is an American business magnate. He is best known as the chairman and CEO of Starbucks and a former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics. Schultz co-founded Maveron, an investment group, in 1998 with Dan Levitan.
In...
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| x Maloof family |
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Sacramento Kings |
The Maloof family owns numerous business properties in the Western United States. The origin of the family name is Maalouf and is of Lebanese descent; the family is Lebanese via their paternal grandfather. Originally from New Mexico, the Maloof's...
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| x E. Stanley Kroenke | Denver Nuggets |
Enos Stanley "Stan" Kroenke (pronounced /ˈkrɒŋki/; born July 29, 1947 in Columbia, Missouri) is an American business entrepreneur. He is named after St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famers Enos "Country" Slaughter and Stan "The Man" Musial. His wife, Ann...
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| x Jerry Jones |
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Dallas Cowboys |
Jerral "Jerry" Wayne Jones (born October 13, 1942) is an American businessman, known for being the owner and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.
Jones was born in Los Angeles, California. His family moved to North...
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| x George N. Gillett Jr. |
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Montreal Canadiens |
George Nield Gillett Jr. is an American businessman. Originally from Wisconsin he lives in Vail, Colorado. He is married and has four children.
George Gillett graduated from Lake Forest Academy in 1956. He attended Amherst College and is a 1961...
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| x Jeffrey Vanderbeek | New Jersey Devils |
Jeffrey Vanderbeek is the owner of the New Jersey Devils, a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League. Vanderbeek, a New Jersey native and Devils season ticket holder since the late 1980s, became a minority owner when Puck Holdings,...
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| x Dan Snyder |
Daniel Snyder (February 23, 1978 – October 5, 2003) was a professional Canadian ice hockey player. He played as a centre in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta Thrashers. Following a single-vehicle accident, in which he was a passenger,...
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| x Roman Abramovich |
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Chelsea F.C. |
Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (Russian: Рома́н Арка́дьевич Абрамо́вич, pronounced [rəˈman ərˈkadʲjɪvʲɪtɕ əbrɐˈmovʲɪtɕ]; born 24 October 1966) is a Russian business tycoon and the main owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC.
He is known...
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| x Malcolm Glazer | Manchester United F.C. |
Malcolm Irving Glazer (born May 25, 1928) is an American businessman and sports team owner. He is the president and chief executive officer of First Allied Corporation, a holding company for his varied business interests, most notably in the food...
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| x George Steinbrenner |
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New York Yankees |
George Michael Steinbrenner III (July 4, 1930 – July 13, 2010) was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. During Steinbrenner's 37-year ownership from 1973 to his death...
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| x Jeffrey Loria | Miami Marlins |
Jeffrey H. Loria (born November 20, 1940) is an art dealer and the owner of the Miami Marlins. Raised in Manhattan, Loria took an early interest in baseball, attending his first New York Yankees game in the late 1940s. Loria attended New York City's...
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| x Zygi Wilf |
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Minnesota Vikings |
Zygi Wilf is a film producer.
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| x Eugene Melnyk | Ottawa Senators | ||
| x Bud Adams |
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Tennessee Titans |
Kenneth Stanley "Bud" Adams, Jr. (born January 3, 1923) is the owner of the Tennessee Titans' National Football League franchise. He was instrumental in the founding and establishment of the former American Football League. Adams became a charter...
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| x Mike Ilitch | Detroit Red Wings |
Michael "Mike" Ilitch Sr. (July 20, 1929) is an American entrepreneur, founder and owner of the international fast food franchise Little Caesars Pizza. He owns both the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League, and Detroit Tigers of Major...
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| x Dan Gardner | San Ramon Bludgers | ||
| x Robert Kraft |
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New England Patriots |
Robert K. Kraft (born June 5, 1941) is an American business magnate. He is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Kraft Group, a diversified holding company with assets in paper and packaging, sports and entertainment, real estate...
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| x Al Davis | Oakland Raiders |
Allen "Al" Davis (July 4, 1929 – October 8, 2011) was an American football executive. He was the principal owner of the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League from 1972 to 2011. His motto for the team was "Just win, baby."
Born to Rose and...
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| x Tom Benson |
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New Orleans Saints |
Tom Benson (born 1927) is the owner of the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Hornets. He is currently the owner of several automobile dealerships in the Greater New Orleans and San Antonio areas. Benson became wealthy by investing profits from his...
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| x Pat Bowlen |
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Denver Broncos |
Patrick Dennis "Pat" Bowlen (born February 18, 1944) is the Majority Owner, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Denver Broncos. The Bowlen Family, including his two brothers and sister, purchased the team from Edgar Kaiser in 1984 and...
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| x Frank McCourt | Los Angeles Dodgers |
Frank H. McCourt (born August 14, 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts) was the owner and chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine from 2004-2012. In 2004, he purchased a controlling interest of the Dodgers from Fox...
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| x Randy Lerner | Cleveland Browns |
Randolph D. Lerner (born February 21, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American entrepreneur and sports team owner. He has been the owner of the American football team, the Cleveland Browns, of the National Football League since October 2002, and...
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| x Tribune Company |
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Chicago Cubs |
The Tribune Company is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, with ten daily newspapers and commuter tabloids including Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Hartford...
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| x T-Mobile |
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T-Mobile International AG is a German holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM, UMTS and LTE-based cellular networks in Europe, the...
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| x Virginia Halas McCaskey | Chicago Bears |
Virginia Halas McCaskey (born January 5, 1923) is the principal owner of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. She is the eldest child of legendary Bears coach and owner George Halas, who left the team to his daughter upon his death in...
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| x Dan Rooney |
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Daniel Milton "Dan" Rooney, CBE (Hon.) (born July 20, 1932) is the United States Ambassador to Ireland. He is chairman emeritus of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team in the National Football League (NFL), which was founded by his father, Art...
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| x Robert Irsay |
Robert Irsay (March 5, 1923–January 14, 1997), was an American professional football team owner. He owned the National Football League's Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts franchise, and the former Los Angeles Rams, albeit briefly.
In 1972 the Chicago...
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| x Jim Irsay |
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Indianapolis Colts |
James "Jim" Irsay (born June 13, 1959) is the owner and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League.
Irsay was born in Lincolnwood, Illinois, the son of Harriet (née Pogorzelski) and Chicago businessman Robert Irsay. His father was...
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| x John Mara |
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New York Giants |
John Kevin Mara (born December 1, 1954) is the current president, CEO, and co-owner of the New York Giants.
Mara was born in New York City and grew up in White Plains, New York. He is the oldest son of Anne (née Mumm) and former Giants owner...
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| x Steve Tisch |
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New York Giants |
Steven "Steve" Tisch (born February 14, 1949) is an American businessman. He is the Chairman and Executive Vice President of the New York Giants, the NFL team co-owned by his family, as well as a film and television producer. He is the son of former...
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| x Bill Kenwright | Everton F.C. |
Bill Kenwright CBE (born 4 September 1945, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is a leading West End theatre producer and film producer.
He is also the Chairman of Everton Football Club, an English professional football club from the city of...
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| x Clark Hunt |
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Kansas City Chiefs |
Clark Knobel Hunt (born February 19, 1965) is Chairman and CEO of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs and a founding investor-owner in Major League Soccer. Hunt also serves as Chairman of Hunt Sports Group, where he oversees the...
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| x Denise DeBartolo York | San Francisco 49ers |
Marie Denise DeBartolo York (born 1950 in Youngstown, Ohio) is the former owner and current co-chair of the San Francisco 49ers. She is the daughter of late construction magnate Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. and the late Marie Patricia Montani DeBartolo....
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| x Peter Karmanos, Jr. |
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Carolina Hurricanes |
Peter Karmanos, Jr. (born March 11, 1943) is the CEO of Compuware Corporation and owner of the Carolina Hurricanes, Plymouth Whalers and Florida Everblades hockey franchises. On June 7, 2011, Karmanos announced that he will relinquish the CEO...
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| x Drayton McLane, Jr. | Houston Astros |
Drayton McLane, Jr. is an American entrepreneur. He is chairman of the McLane Group, a high technology firm. He was, until 1990, the CEO of the McLane Company, a grocery and food service warehouse, supply, and logistics firm, and was, from 1993...
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| x Arturo Moreno |
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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
Arturo "Arte" Moreno (born August 1946) is an American businessman of Mexican descent. On May 15, 2003, he made history by becoming the first Hispanic to own a major sports team in the United States when he purchased the Anaheim Angels baseball team...
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| x Larry Dolan | Cleveland Indians |
Lawrence J. Dolan (born February 8, 1931 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio) is an attorney and the owner of the Cleveland Indians.
Dolan attended St. Ignatius High School and got his law degree from University of Notre Dame in 1956. He also received an...
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