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George A. Richards
Former NFL team owner and radio station operator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Arthur Richards (March 9, 1889 – May 28, 1951) was an American radio executive who owned stations WJR in Detroit, KMPC in Los Angeles, and WGAR in Cleveland. From 1934 to 1940, he also owned the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He played a major role in sponsoring the nationwide radio program of the politicized Catholic priest Charles Coughlin.
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Born | George Arthur Richards (1889-03-09)March 9, 1889[1] Crete, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | May 28, 1951(1951-05-28) (aged 62)[2] Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
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Frances Stevenson Richards
(m. 1922) |
Children | 1 |
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