ART MODELL WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST OWNERS OF THE NFL, AND HE  HAS PASSED AWAY AND MOVED ON TO THE ENDZONE OF THE NFL FOOTBALL HEAVENS. LONG BEFORE THERE WAS A BALTIMORE RAVENS FRANCHISE, THEIR WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST TEAMS TO HAVE EXISTED IN THE NFL, WHICH WERE THE POWERFUL CLEVELAND BROWNS, WHO WERE LED BY THE GREATEST RUNNING BACK OF ALL TIME, AND SOME HAVE SAID THE GREATEST NFL PLAYER OF ALL TIME, JIM BROWN.  MODELL WAS A FIXTURE OF WHAT WAS REFERRED TO AS THE OLD SCHOOL BOSSES FRATERNITY, WHICH IS EXISTED FOR SEVERAL YEARS DURING THE NFL’S EARLIER EXISTANCE.

HE OWNED THE CLEVELAND BROWNS FROM 1961 THRU 1995, THEN HE MOVED HIS STORIED FRANCHISE  FROM THE STATE OF OHIO TO THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, AND AS A RESULT, THE TEAM WAS RENAMED, THE BALTIMORE RAVENS, AND MAINTAINED OWNERSHIP THRU 2004 BEFORE SELLING THE FRANCHISE TO THE CURRENT OWNER, STEVE BISCIOTTI. RAY LEWIS HAS BEEN THE FACE OF THE NEWEST FRANCHISE THAT WAS OWNED BY MR. MODELL, AND DURING HIS TENURE MODELL GREW ANOTHER FRANCHISE IN ANOTHER CITY, ANOTHER STATE, AND WON AT BOTH LOCATIONS WHICH IS MONUMENTAL.  THAT HISTORY IN ITSELF ELEVATES THIS GREAT NFL OWNER TO THE HEIGHTS THAT ONLY A FEW OF HIS PEERS IN THE GAME WILL EVER REACH.

THE MYBOYSAY NFL SPORTS BLOG FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO SAY, FAREWELL TO ONE OF THE GREATEST MEN OF THE NFL, MR. ARTHUR  BERTRAM MODELL, AND MAY HE  REST  IN PEACE IN THE NFL HEAVENS.