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-====== January 15, 1961 ====== +{{page>1961_news#january 15, 1961}}
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-===== News ===== +
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-• After a contentious seven-hour meeting, and with the in-person mediation of AFL commissioner Joe Foss and two lawyers for the league, the team announced that five of the eight owners had  +
-sold their share of the team to the other three +
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-• [[Don Blessing]], [[Charles Harney]], [[Chet Soda]], [[Roger Lapham]], and [[Wallace Marsh]] were getting out, leaving [[Ed McGah]], [[Robert Osborne]], and [[Wayne Valley]] in control +
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-• Foss said afterward that if the owners couldn't come to an agreement, he was authorized by the league to remove the franchise from their control +
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-• Per the agreement, McGah would remain as president, with Valley to become vice-president, and Osborne assuming the role of treasurer +
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-<prespan>[[january-14-1961|< Jan 14, 1961]]     [[1961 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     [[january-16-1961|Jan 16, 1961 >]]</prespan> +
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