The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida who ply their trade in the National Football League (NFL) and as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) South division.
As an expansion team, they joined the NFL in 1976 together with the Seattle Seahawks. The team played its first season in the American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team plays its home games at the Raymond James Stadium located in Tampa.
Who is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ owner?
The Glazer family currently owns the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The franchise was bought by Patriarch Malcolm Glazer in 1995 for $192 million, a league record at the time.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ownership History
Thomas D. McCloskey
Tampa Bay is granted the association’s 27th franchise. On October, 30th, 1974, Philadelphia development leader Tom McCloskey is granted the new Tampa Bay establishment, however before long decays possession.
McCloskey was a Philadelphia development financier. He turned into the leader of McCloskey and Company, Builders, in 1961 when his dad, previous Democratic National Treasurer Matthew H. McCloskey, was selected U.S. Representative to Ireland.
McCloskey experienced childhood in the Overbrook segment of Philadelphia, where he went to private academy and took an interest in football and swimming. He went to the University of Pennsylvania and afterward served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II.
Hugh Franklin Culverhouse, Sr.
Culverhouse was the long-term proprietor of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from the opening season. He was a fruitful expense legal advisor, and his land ventures made him one of the countries most well-off men.
His work carried him into contact with National Football League group proprietors, and his bombed acquisition of the Los Angeles Rams set him in line to turn into the proprietor of the youngster Buccaneer establishment. He possessed the group from its initiation until his demise.
In 1972, Culverhouse had a handshake arrangement to purchase the Los Angeles Rams from proprietor Dan Reeves for $17 million, just to discover that Reeves later offered the group to Robert Irsay for $19 million.
At the point when Irsay then, at that point, exchanged groups with Baltimore Colts proprietor Carroll Rosenbloom, Culverhouse sued, asserting that the others had contrived to forestall his acquisition of the group. An out-of-court settlement ensured Rosenbloom’s guide in getting an extension establishment for Culverhouse.
Malcolm Irving Glazer
Glazer was an American finance manager and sports group proprietor. He was the president and CEO of First Allied Corporation, a holding organization for his differed financial matters, and claimed both Manchester United of the Premier League and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Glazer bought the Tampa Bay Buccaneers establishment on January 16, 1995, following the passing of the previous proprietor Hugh Culverhouse. Glazer filled in as leader of the group, while children Bryan, Joel, and Edward are co-directors.
Current Ownership – Glazer Family Foundation
Co-Chairman Bryan Glazer enters his 22nd year with the Buccaneers, working enthusiastically to help the Buccaneers’ establishment and brand. Having an intense negotiating prudence, Glazer, who regulates a considerable lot of the everyday tasks of the club, has molded the Buccaneers into one of the most conspicuous and effective establishments in the National Football League and has turned into a forerunner in the Bay Area, perceived for his colossal local area work.
