Jack Kent Cooke

Jack Cooke at Maple Leaf Stadium, Toronto, Canada (circa 1955)

Jack Kent Cooke (born October 25, 1912 in Hamilton , Ontario , † April 6, 1997 in Washington, DC ) was a Canadian media entrepreneur and owner of various professional teams from different sports.

Life

Cooke got his first job in the media industry in 1937 at a local radio station in Stratford , Ontario . In 1951 he bought the Toronto Maple Leafs . Nine years later, he moved to California , where he in 1965 the basketball team Los Angeles Lakers for 5.2 million US dollars from Bob Short acquired. The following year he bought the Los Angeles Kings from the National Hockey League (NHL). As an arena for both teams, he had the Great Western Forum built in Inglewood in 1967 . In the same year he founded the football club Los Angeles Wolves , which became champions in the same year and co-founded the North American Soccer League the following year .

As a boxing promoter , Cooke organized the match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in 1971 . In 1974 he became the main owner of the Washington Redskins , finally moved entirely to Washington in 1978 and a year later sold the Lakers, Kings and Forum to Jerry Buss for $ 67.5 million and acquired the Chrysler Building . In 1985 he bought the Los Angeles Daily News .

In September 1995, his eldest son, Ralph Kent-Cooke, died at the age of 58. Cooke himself died of heart failure in 1997 at the age of 84 .

Web links

Biography in key points

Individual evidence

^ Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 (American English): “Oct. Sep. 25, 1912 - Cooke is born in Hamilton, Ontario. "
^ Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, retrieved November 9, 2019 : “1937 - Cooke is hired by press giant Roy Thomson to manage CJCS, a radio station in Stratford, Ontario, for $ 25 a week, his first job in the communications television industry from which he would make his fortune. "
^ Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 : "1951 - In his first sports business venture, Cooke purchases baseball's Toronto Maple Leafs of the AAA International league."
^ Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 : "1960 - Cooke moves to California."
^ Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 : "1965 - Cooke buys the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers from trucking magnate Bob Short for $ 5.2 million, a big price tag in its day."
^ Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, retrieved November 9, 2019 (American English): "1966 - Cooke acquires the NHL expansion franchise called the Kings."
^ Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 (American English): "1967 - Cooke builds the ultimate showplace for his Los Angeles teams, the 'Fabulous' Forum."
^ Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 : "1971 - Cooke is promoter of the first fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, billed as the 'Fight of the Century', at Madison Square Garden . "
^ Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 (American English): "1974 - Cooke becomes majority owner of the Redskins."
^ Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 : "1978 - Cooke moves to the Washington area."
^ Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 : "1979 - Cooke sells the Lakers and the Kings to Dr. Jerry Buss for $ 67.5 million, then the largest business transaction in sports history. "
^ Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 (American English): "1985 - Cooke buys the Los Angeles Daily News from the Chicago Tribune Co."
^ Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, retrieved November 9, 2019 (American English): “Sept. Sep 11, 1995 - Cooke's eldest son, Ralph Kent Cooke, who ran Cooke's horse breeding farm in Lexington, Ky., Dies at 58. "
^ Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 : "April 6, 1997 - Cooke dies of cardiac arrest after collapsing at his northwest Washington home."

personal data
SURNAME	Cooke, Jack Kent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	October 25, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamilton , Ontario , Canada
DATE OF DEATH	April 6, 1997
Place of death	Washington, DC , United States

[1] Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 (American English): “Oct. Sep. 25, 1912 - Cooke is born in Hamilton, Ontario. "

[2] Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, retrieved November 9, 2019 : “1937 - Cooke is hired by press giant Roy Thomson to manage CJCS, a radio station in Stratford, Ontario, for $ 25 a week, his first job in the communications television industry from which he would make his fortune. "

[3] Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 : "1951 - In his first sports business venture, Cooke purchases baseball's Toronto Maple Leafs of the AAA International league."

[4] Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 : "1960 - Cooke moves to California."

[5] Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 : "1965 - Cooke buys the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers from trucking magnate Bob Short for $ 5.2 million, a big price tag in its day."

[6] Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, retrieved November 9, 2019 (American English): "1966 - Cooke acquires the NHL expansion franchise called the Kings."

[7] Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 (American English): "1967 - Cooke builds the ultimate showplace for his Los Angeles teams, the 'Fabulous' Forum."

[8] Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 : "1971 - Cooke is promoter of the first fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, billed as the 'Fight of the Century', at Madison Square Garden . "

[9] Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 (American English): "1974 - Cooke becomes majority owner of the Redskins."

[10] Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 : "1978 - Cooke moves to the Washington area."

[11] Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 : "1979 - Cooke sells the Lakers and the Kings to Dr. Jerry Buss for $ 67.5 million, then the largest business transaction in sports history. "

[12] Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 (American English): "1985 - Cooke buys the Los Angeles Daily News from the Chicago Tribune Co."

[13] Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, retrieved November 9, 2019 (American English): “Sept. Sep 11, 1995 - Cooke's eldest son, Ralph Kent Cooke, who ran Cooke's horse breeding farm in Lexington, Ky., Dies at 58. "

[14] Jack Kent Cooke Life Chronology. Washington Post, April 6, 1997, accessed November 9, 2019 : "April 6, 1997 - Cooke dies of cardiac arrest after collapsing at his northwest Washington home."