Jim Irsay, the legendary proprietor of the Indianapolis Colts, has handed away.
The group launched an announcement on social media Wednesday night, sharing the tragic information that Irsay had handed away “peacefully in his sleep this afternoon.”
Irsay’s father, Robert Irsay, acquired the Baltimore Colts when Irsay was simply 12 years previous. As a baby, the youthful Irsay hung out as a ball boy on the sector and even labored within the ticket workplace. He joined the Colts’ skilled employees after graduating from SMU, and finally grew to become the group’s basic supervisor in early 1984, proper after the Colts moved from Baltimore to Indianapolis. At simply 24 years of age, Irsay had turn out to be the youngest basic supervisor in league historical past.
When his father handed away in 1997, Irsay set one other NFL report, changing into the youngest NFL group proprietor at simply 37 years previous.
As mirrored within the assertion, Irsay “led the Colts to a protracted collection of division titles and introduced town its first Tremendous Bowl Championship. Jim’s love and appreciation for the NFL along with its historical past, custom, and rules influenced him to turn out to be a steward of the sport all through his 50-plus years within the League.”
Jim Irsay was 65 years previous.
