H. Res. 517
In the House of Representatives, U.S., 
March 28, 2006.
Whereas Wellington Timothy Mara was born on August 14, 
1916, in New York City; 
Whereas Wellington Mara graduated from Loyola High 
School in New York and proceeded to Fordham Univer-
sity, from which he graduated in 1937; 
Whereas Wellington Mara was closely involved with the Ford-
ham University football teams of 1936 through 1938, 
which at one point won 25 straight games, and it was at 
Fordham University that Mara befriended future Na-
tional Football League Hall of Fame coach Vince 
Lombardi; 
Whereas Wellington Mara was a vital participant in the New 
York Giants Football Club since its inception and inclu-
sion in the National Football League in 1925 under the 
original leadership of his father Timothy; 
Whereas, in 1930, Wellington Mara acquired part-ownership 
of the New York Giants when his father divided the team 
between Wellington Mara and his brother Jack; 
Whereas under the co-leadership of Wellington and Jack 
Mara, the New York Giants appeared in five National 
Football League Championship games between 1958 and 
1963, and Wellington Mara was in charge of accumu-
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lating the player talent that engineered this remarkable 
accomplishment; 
Whereas, by supporting the agreement to share television rev-
enues equally among the teams of the National Football 
League, Wellington and Jack Mara gave up significant 
revenue for their own team, but put the National Foot-
ball League on the path to collective success; 
Whereas, after the untimely death of his brother Jack in 
1965, Wellington Mara became the principal owner of the 
New York Giants; 
Whereas, under his leadership, the New York Giants have 26 
postseason appearances, 18 National Football League di-
visional championships, and six National Football League 
championships, including the Super Bowl XXI and Super 
Bowl XXV titles; 
Whereas the only time Mara was away from the New York 
Giants was during World War II, when he served honor-
ably in the United States Navy in both the Atlantic and 
Pacific theaters and earned the rank of Lieutenant Com-
mander; 
Whereas, in addition to his outstanding leadership of the 
New York Giants, Wellington Mara also made out-
standing contributions to the National Football League 
as a whole, including serving on its Executive Committee, 
Hall of Fame Committee, and Competition Committee; 
Whereas Wellington Mara has been inducted into the Ford-
ham Athletic Hall of Fame, and, in 2002, he was hon-
ored at the Fordham Founder’s dinner, which is 
Fordham’s highest honor; 
Whereas Wellington Mara was inducted into the National 
Football League Hall of Fame in 1997;
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Whereas Wellington Mara served his community as a member 
of the board of the Giants Foundation, a charitable orga-
nization founded by the New York Giants to provide fi-
nancial and social support for disadvantaged youths in 
the New York Metropolitan Area; and 
Whereas, on October 25, 2005, Wellington Mara succumbed 
to cancer at his home in Rye, New York: Now, therefore, 
be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives, on the oc-
casion of the death of Wellington Timothy Mara—
(1) expresses its deepest condolences to his wife of 
61 years, Ann, his 11 children, and his 40 grand-
children; and 
(2) recognizes the outstanding contributions that 
Wellington Timothy Mara made to the New York Giants 
Football Club, the National Football League, and the 
United States.
Attest: 
Clerk.