* 1916 – Wellington Mara, American businessman ( d. 2005 )

Following the game, Wellington Mara fired coach Allie Sherman, and replaced him with former Giants fullback Alex Webster.

The Giants ' front office operations were complicated by a long-standing feud between Wellington Mara and his nephew, Tim Mara.

In 2005, Wellington Mara, who had been with the team since its inception in 1925 when he worked as a ball boy, died at the age of 89.

Wellington Mara always felt this was the Giants oldest and truest rival and after passing away in 2005 the Giants honored their longtime owner by defeating the Redskins 36 – 0 at home.

Some notable people whose Requiem Masses were said at the cathedral include New York Yankees greats Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, and Billy Martin ; legendary football coach Vince Lombardi, singer Celia Cruz, former Attorney General and U. S. Senator from New York Robert F. Kennedy, New York Giants owner Wellington Mara, and former Governor of New York Hugh Carey.

He was the only candidate put forward for the job by a six-owner search committee ( Wellington Mara, Lamar Hunt, Art Modell, Robert Parins, Dan Rooney, and Ralph Wilson ), however, a group of eleven newer owners who wanted more of a voice in the selection process abstained from voting, preventing Finks from receiving the nineteen votes necessary to become Commissioner.

* Wellington Mara ( 1916 – 2005 ), owner of NFL New York Giants

Upon his release, co-owner Wellington Mara called it " a day of overwhelming sadness.

This draft saw the emergence of Wellington Mara as a savant, as he had been subscribing to magazines and local and out-of-town papers to build up dossiers of college players across the country, which resulted in the Giants ' drafting of Tuffy Leemans.

Wellington Timothy Mara ( August 14, 1916 – October 25, 2005 ) was the co-owner of the NFL's New York Giants from 1959 until his death, and one of the most influential and iconic figures in the history of the National Football League.

In 1930, Tim Mara split his ownership interests between Wellington ( then 14 ) and his older brother Jack.

The grave of Wellington Mara in Gate of Heaven Cemetery He had surgery in May 2005 to remove cancerous lymph nodes from his neck and under his armpit, but was initially given a good prognosis by his doctors who said the cancer had not metastasized, according to his son, John Mara, who is the Giants ' co-chief executive officer.

Wellington Mara succumbed to lymphoma later that year at age 89.

* New York Giants Owner Wellington Mara

* Wellington Mara Memorial at Find A Grave

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Sheppard retired from his position with the Giants, a fifty-year handshake agreement with Giants owner Wellington Mara, at the end of the 2005 season, when the commute from his home on Long Island to East Rutherford, New Jersey became too strenuous.

* Wellington Mara ( 1995 )

* Wellington Mara, former owner, New York Giants NFL team

However, there was little pressure they could bring to bear on the people who could ultimately make changes, longtime team owners Wellington Mara and his nephew Tim, who inherited his father Jack's stake in the team after Jack Mara had died in 1965.