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Reds Bagnell Award
Contributions to the Game
The Reds Bagnell Award, named after long time Maxwell Football Club
president, Reds Bagnell, is given to an
individual who through his efforts has helped to foster and promote the
integrity of the game of football.
 The 19th
Annual Reds Bagnell Award winner is,
Ralph Wilson, owner and president
of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills. He founded the team as part of the original
American Football League in 1960 when the new league was given little
chance of survival.
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Why Ralph Wilson?
The AFL might not have made it if it wasn’t for Wilson, who loaned
money to the Oakland Raiders and Boston Patriots to keep their teams
afloat in the early years. He also shaped the policy of sharing television
revenue among the teams. That helped the league stay in business and
finally merge with the National Football League in 1970.
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Previous Bagnell Award Winners
Past Recipients of the
Bagnell Award include
Ernie Accorsi, former general manager of the New York
Giants(2006),
Darrell Royal (2005),
Vince Dooley (2004),
Art McNally
(2003), Pat
Summerall (2002), Chris
Berman, host of ESPN's NFL Prime Time (2001),
Don Shula, former head coach of the Miami
Dolphins (2000), Joe Paterno, head
football coach of Pennsylvania State University (1999) and
Daniel M. Rooney, president, Pittsburgh
Steelers (1998) and NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle who was the first
recipient of the award in 1989.. |
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