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When Haugsrud did this, part of the deal gave him first rights for any future NFL team in Minnesota.

He passed on buying a stake in the Minneapolis Red Jackets in 1929.

However, when the NFL voted to expand in 1960 to the Twin Cities, Haugsrud was able to buy 10 % of the Minnesota Vikings ( 90 % of the team was owned by an ownership group that had originally planned to launch a separate team in the American Football League ).