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Bill Jennings
Bill Jennings (Hockey, golf. Born, New York, NY, Dec. 14, 1920; died, Byram, CT, Aug. 17, 1981.) Distinguished by steel-gray hair and a suave demeanor, William Mitchell Jennings was the legal mastermind behind the acquisition of the controlling interest in Madison Square Garden by Graham-Paige Corp. from James D. Norris in 1960. Jennings later served as […]
John Halligan
John Halligan (Pulbic relations. Born, Englewood, NJ, Feb. 25, 1941; died, Franklin Lakes, NJ, Jan. 20, 2010.) Long associated with the Rangers, John Thomas Halligan became the resident historian of hockey in New York as an executive with the N.H.L. Halligan came to the Rangers out of Fordham in 1963 as assistant to club publicist Herb […]
Lou Lamoriello
Lou Lamoriello (Hockey. Born, Providence, RI, Oct. 21, 1942.) By building a team that in 2003 won the Stanley Cup for the third time in nine seasons, Lou Lamoriello solidified his place as one of hockey’s outstanding executives. After a career at Providence College in which he was an athlete, coach, and athletic director, Lamoriello became […]
