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A number of runestones have been found in Oklahoma. All of them are of modern origin dating to the 19th century "Viking revival" or were produced by 19th-century Scandinavian settlers. The oldest find is the "Heavener Runestone," first documented in 1923.
In 1984, Winter reached an agreement to sell his shares to PJ Acquisition Corp., a company formed by Carl Pohlad and Irwin L. Jacobs.The sale was challenged by the Skoglund and Boyer heirs, however, in 1986 Judge O. Harold Odland ruled that two right-of-first-refusal agreements were invalid because they were not properly ratified by trustees of the Boyer estate. [7]
Wilf and five partners purchased the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League from Red McCombs in 2005 for a reported US$600 million. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Forbes estimated the 2020 value of the franchise at US$2.95 billion, 17th of the 32 NFL teams or the 33rd of the 50 most valuable sports teams.
After graduation, Wilf joined the family real estate business, Garden Homes. In 2005, Wilf and his brother Zygi Wilf, took control of the Minnesota Vikings with advisement on the deal coming from international law firm Greenberg Traurig and former Vikings COO Kevin Warren. [8] [9] Wilf was appointed president and his brother Zygi, CEO. As ...
Winter remained on the Vikings board of directors until 1989. He served as team president from 1965 to 1987. In 1985, Winter shocked and angered his fellow Vikings owners when he attempted to sell his share of the team to Irwin L. Jacobs and Carl Pohlad. The case went to the Minnesota Supreme Court and finally was settled in Winter's favor.
In 2005, Mandelbaum and five other partners, in a group led by Zygi Wilf, purchased the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League from Red McCombs for a reported US$600 million. [6] Forbes estimates the 2014 value of the franchise at US$1.007 billion, or 21st of the 32 NFL teams. [7]
Leonard A. Wilf (born 1947) is an American businessman, the president of Garden Homes, the co-owner and vice chairman of the Minnesota Vikings football team, [1] and co-owner of the Nashville SC. Early life
In his book, Greatest Team Ever: The Dallas Cowboys Dynasty of the 1990s, author Norm Hitzges chronicled the Herschel Walker trade. [3] Four games into the 1989 season, Jimmy Johnson, then the new head coach of the Dallas Cowboys (having taken over for Tom Landry that season), came up with the idea to trade Walker while on a morning jog with his staff.