Carolina Panthers founder, former owner Jerry Richardson dies at 86

Posted Mar 2, 2023
Jerry Richardson, the Carolina Panthers founder and for years one of the NFL’s most influential owners until a scandal forced him to sell the team, died peacefully Wednesday night at his Charlotte home at age 86. Richardson became the first former NFL player to own a team since Chicago’s George Halas when he landed the expansion Panthers in 1993. (Associated Press)

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