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  • Bud Adams
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  • Kenneth Stanley "Bud" Adams, Jr. (born January 3, 1923) is the owner of the Tennessee Titans' National Football League franchise. He was instrumental in the founding and establishment of the former American Football League. Adams became a charter AFL owner with the establishment of the Titans franchise, which was originally known as the Houston Oilers. He is the senior owner (by time) with his team in the National Football League, a few months ahead of Buffalo Bills' owner Ralph Wilson. Adams also was one of the owners of the Houston Mavericks of the American Basketball Association and the former owner of the second Nashville Kats franchise of the Arena Football League. He was elected to the Hall of Fame of the American Football League.
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Birth Date
  • 1923-01-03
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  • white
Name
  • "Bud" Adams
  • Adams, Bud
Coach
  • no
coachingyears
  • 1960
  • 1967
  • 1970
  • 2005
Birth Place
College
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  • #648fcc
Place of Birth
Championships
  • 1960
  • 1961
  • 1999
Position
  • Founder/owner of Houston Oilers/Tennessee Oilers/Tennessee Titans
  • Co-founder of the American Football League
  • Founder/former owner of Houston Mavericks
  • Founder/former owner of Nashville Kats
Date of Birth
  • 1923-01-03
Short Description
  • American Football player
coachingteams
  • Nashville Kats
  • AFL Houston Oilers
  • NFL Houston Oilers/Tennessee Oilers/Tennessee Titans
  • Houston Mavericks
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  • Kenneth Stanley "Bud" Adams, Jr. (born January 3, 1923) is the owner of the Tennessee Titans' National Football League franchise. He was instrumental in the founding and establishment of the former American Football League. Adams became a charter AFL owner with the establishment of the Titans franchise, which was originally known as the Houston Oilers. He is the senior owner (by time) with his team in the National Football League, a few months ahead of Buffalo Bills' owner Ralph Wilson. Adams also was one of the owners of the Houston Mavericks of the American Basketball Association and the former owner of the second Nashville Kats franchise of the Arena Football League. He was elected to the Hall of Fame of the American Football League. Adams has many business interests in the Houston area. An enrolled Cherokee who originally made his fortune in the petroleum business, Adams is chairman and CEO of Adams Resources & Energy Inc., a wholesale supplier of oil and natural gas. He also owns several Lincoln-Mercury automobile franchises.
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