IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 517 
Recognizing the life of Wellington Timothy Mara and his outstanding con-
tributions to the New York Giants Football Club, the National Football 
League, and the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 26, 2005 
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. PALLONE, 
Mr. SERRANO, and Mr. FERGUSON) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the life of Wellington Timothy Mara and his 
outstanding contributions to the New York Giants Foot-
ball Club, the National Football League, and the United 
States. 
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-
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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-
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
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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; 
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 
occasion 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
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York Giants Football Club, the National Football 
League, and the United States. 
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