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Marv and I entered into an agreement initially that made him the general manager of the Bills
Marv Levy says he won't coach Bills Jan 14, 2006
I just don't think we've made enough progress in the last five years
Bills fire GM Donahoe Jan 04, 2006
I have tremendous respect for Dick and thank him for all of his efforts during these past four years
Bills name Fewell interim head coach Nov 17, 2009
I was against it, but now I think replay is OK
'Instant replay' OK'd for five more years Mar 30, 2004
Playing up north in an outdoor stadium, my feeling is it doesn't offer us championship conditions
Presentations made for New York Super Bowl Oct 30, 2002
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. (October 17, 1918, in Columbus, Ohio) is the founder, owner and president of NFL's Buffalo Bills. He was one of the founding owners of the American Football League, the league that the NFL merged with in 1970. He is the oldest owner in the National Football League, at age 92. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 8, 2009.
Wilson grew up in Detroit, Michigan, graduated from the University of Virginia and attended the University of Michigan Law School. At the University of Virginia he joined the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He is a World War II veteran. After the war ended, he took over the successful insurance business of his father and invested in Michigan area mines and factories. He eventually purchased several manufacturing outlets, construction firms, and radio stations, and founded Ralph Wilson Industries.
A minority owner of the Detroit Lions, Wilson got wind of Lamar Hunt's plans for a new league, the American Football League, to challenge the NFL. He tried to put together a team in Miami, but was turned down. His next choice was Buffalo. In September 1959, Wilson sent Hunt a telegram with the words, "Count me in with Buffalo." He named his new team the Bills, after a previous team that had played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. On October 28, 1959 the Buffalo Bills officially became the seventh AFL team. Wilson made Professional Football a resounding success in a "small market," signing such stars as Cookie Gilchrist, Jack Kemp, and Tom Sestak and Hall of Famer Billy Shaw.