Clint Murchison Sr. Murchison Sr. in 1954. And on July 29, 1959, the American Football League was opened for business with franchises in Dallas, Houston, New York, Denver, Los Angeles and Minneapolis. Clint William Murchison Jr. (1923-1987) - Find a Grave Memorial It was also a money-laundering operation, so the director would not have to pay taxes on his book royalties." A Colonial-Style Mansion in Dallas, Texas | Architectural Digest Among his companies was the Southern Union Company. Halas introduced Murchison and his partner, Bedford Wynne, as the new owners of a Dallas team at a press conference in Chicago on that fateful October day in 1959. Tall draperies and more transom windows carry the eye up, and the three French doors let in light from the patio and the propertys grounds. Likely no Dallas Rangers without the song. Secondly, they had to understand that I had that kind of backing from Murchison. The oil-depletion allowance has served us well." She had a son Steven with him. Around the time the Baltimore Colts were winning the NFL Championship, Lamar Hunt, 26, and Clint Murchison Jr., 35, each desperately desired inclusion in the world of professional football, their respective adoration for the game outweighing any and all financial risks. Anything about the CIA and Texas oil would have been pure disinformation. Im sure Lupe would think so. The Texas senator and ten or twelve of the state's richest oilmen would gather for coffee on the front porch, while Johnson gave an overview of what might happen in Congress affecting the oil industry and of the coming election. He and his brother inherited the fortune their father had built in real estate, construction, railroads and oil in the 1920s and 1030s. Wolfe claims that he never used it to push his political ideas. As you know from my earlier educational papers here I consider Johnson quite capable of murder but very much a coward at heartas his war "record" demonstrates. [4], In 1920, Murchison married Anne Morris from Tyler, Texas, and they had three sons: John Dabney Murchison (September 5, 1921 June 14, 1979), Clinton Williams Murchison Jr. (September 12, 1923 March 30, 1987),[5] and Burk Yarbrough Murchison (January 26, 1925 April 15, 1936).