death_date death_place years_active birth_place children name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
3 april 2006 new york city , new york , u.s. 1976-2006 , his death debrecan , hungary 3 , daughters deana and andrea , son james pete hadhazy 9 february 1944 rita , ? -2006 -lrb- his death -rrb- peter hadhazy
 peter hadhazy sports team executive
peter hadhazy

peter `` pete '' hadhazy -lrb- february 9 , 1944 -- april 3 , 2006 -rrb- , was an american football executive , who served as the general manager of the cleveland browns from 1976 to 1981 and also as an executive for the national football league , the short-lived united states football league and the world league of american football .
born in debrecen , hungary , hadhazy came to the us with his parents during the hungarian revolution in 1956 .
he joined the nfl as a part-time employee in high school , and attended iona college on a tennis scholarship .
he was hired by the league office after graduation and became its director of player personnel in 1969 .
in july 1971 , hadhazy became administrative assistant to upton bell , general manager of the new england patriots .
he was later promoted to assistant general manager .
the browns hired him as executive vice president before the start of the 1976 season and added the title of general manager in 1977 .
hadhazy left the browns to return to the nfl office after the 1980 season ended .
he joined the usfl in 1982 and served as its director of operations until the league folded in 1986 .
after the usfl folded , hadhazy returned to the nfl , where he served in numerous capacities .
he served as a general manager of the ohio glory in the world league from 1991 -- 92 , as the labor operations director for the league 's management council and , at the time of his death , the nfl 's director of game operations .
