Jack Kent Cooke
| Jack Kent Cooke | |
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Jack Kent Cooke (right) c. 1955
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| Born |
October 25, 1912 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | April 6, 1997 (aged 84) Middleburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Businessman: Print/electronic media Sport teams owner Racehorse owner/breeder Philanthropist |
Jack Kent Cooke (October 25, 1912 – April 6, 1997) was a Canadian entrepreneur and former owner of the Washington Redskins (NFL), the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA), the Los Angeles Kings (NHL), and the Los Angeles Wolves (United Soccer Association). He also developed The Forum in Inglewood, California and FedExField near Landover, Maryland.
Cooke had an exceptional gift for evaluating leadership and an ability to teach, giving Jerry West, Joe Gibbs, and Sparky Anderson their first head coaching/managerial positions. All three became Hall of Fame executives, with West winning seven championships as an executive (six with the Lakers, and another with the Golden State Warriors). Gibbs led Cooke's Washington Redskins to three Super Bowls and later won four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series titles, while Anderson won three World Series championships.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Cooke moved with his family to The Beaches area of Toronto in 1921, where he attended Malvern Collegiate Institute.
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