Back رالف ويلسون (رجل أعمال) Arabic رالف ويلسون ARZ Ralph Wilson (Sportfunktionär) German Ralph Wilson Jr. Italian Ralph Wilson (amerikansk fotball) NB Ralph Wilson SIMPLE Ralph Wilson Swedish
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| Born: | October 17, 1918 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died: | March 25, 2014 (aged 95) Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College: | University of Virginia University of Michigan Law School |
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| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service/ |  United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1941–46 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Ralph Cookerly Wilson Jr. (October 17, 1918 – March 25, 2014) was an American businessman and sports executive. He was best known as the founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills, a team in the National Football League (NFL). He was one of the founding owners of the American Football League (AFL), the league with which the NFL merged in 1970, and was the last of the original AFL owners to own his team. At the time of his death he was the oldest owner in the NFL, at age 95, and the third-longest tenured owner in NFL history (over 54 years, behind the 63 years George Halas owned the Chicago Bears and almost equal to the 55 years Art Rooney owned the Pittsburgh Steelers,[1] although Rooney's ownership and team operations were interrupted in the 1940s due to some complicated dealings).[2] He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
- ^ "List of NFL Owners-Past and Present". Footballgeography.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- ^ Dvorchak, Robert. "1940s put Steelers to tests that nearly break them". Post-Gazette.com. Retrieved September 12, 2018.