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The Jets' lease at Shea Stadium was due to expire after 1983; Jets majority owner Leon Hess and New York Mayor Ed Koch attempted to negotiate a new lease for the team. The Jets wanted the city to redevelop the stadium to expand its capacity to 67,000 and to alleviate its rundown state.
Robert Wood Johnson IV (born April 12, 1947) is an American businessman who is co-owner of the New York Jets and was formerly the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2021. He is a great-grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I, and an heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune.
Werblin renamed the team the New York Jets since the team would play near LaGuardia Airport [20] and because it rhymed with the New York Mets as they would be playing in Shea Stadium. [21] The new name was intended to reflect the modern approach of his team. The Jets' owners hired Weeb Ewbank as the general manager and head coach. [19]
Ownership history: His grandfather, Charles Bidwell, bought the Cardinals in 1933. His father became sole owner in 1971, and he inherited the team from his father in 2019. ... New York Jets ...
Leon Hess (March 14, 1914 – May 7, 1999) was an American businessman, the founder of the Hess Corporation and the owner of the New York Jets.Hess built an oil terminal in New Jersey after the Great Depression, building his first refinery in the late 1950s.
New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, center walks out onto the field during practice before an NFL football game, in Miami Gardens, FlaJets Dolphins Football, Miami Gardens, USA - 03 Nov 2019 ...
New York Jets owner Woody Johnson emphatically refuted a report that he and coach Robert Saleh had a “very heated conversation” during the NFL meetings earlier this week. NFL Network host ...
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