The Duke: The Giant Life of Wellington Mara | New York Giants

[@lukeaschenbrand5001]

God, makes me so proud to be a born and raised giants fan. God bless!

[@SeanNYGNYR]

Well done Giants and NFL Films. Wish it was longer than 45 minutes. God bless "The Duke".

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

It’s a complete fabrication and it completely ignores his brother Jack and nephew Tim who owned 50pct of team

[@Mo-yd8xc]

Is that why they liked picking 2 scrub QBs from Duke University?

[@edwardbaker1331]

@@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879 How silly do you have to be to say "complete fabrication." So absolutely nothing is true in the hundreds of comments, including personal opinions, expressed?

[@joeshmoe7789]

@@edwardbaker1331 There are so many fabrications, it makes it impossible for those that don't know about him to know fact from fiction from watching this.

[@edwardbaker1331]

@@joeshmoe7789 Anyone can know that when someone expresses his personal opinion that it is, in fact, his personal opinion. Is this too much to comprehend? No one can call what another human being thinks "a fabrication."

[@beazdakid1988]

I love my giants because of this. Mara family has been amazing for the NFL and I’m so happy that family owns the Giants and not any other franchise

[@joeshmoe7789]

They might be great for the NFL, but they've put mostly bad teams on the field since the 60's.

[@beazdakid1988]

@ how? 8 NFL champions and 4 time superbowl champ

[@joeshmoe7789]

@@beazdakid1988 The 4 super bowl winners were teams built by George Young and Ernie Accorisi without Mara interference. Of the others, 2 were in the early days of the teams in the league are long gone. Original owner Tim Mara was one in charge of the team for 3 of them. Wellington inherited great teams from his father and ran them into laughing stocks of the entire sports world. John inherited very good teams which Accorisi built and ran them to the ground too. Don't believe me? Look at the rest of the record. I've been following since 1967 and there's no doubt that overall, they've been a losing organization for the last 60 years.

[@beazdakid1988]

@ what are you talking about. Wellington Mara had nothing too do out the teams in the 80/ and early 90s? What are you talkin about.? Mara’s are responsible for 90 plus years of giants owner ship. So yes they are directly responsible bro. For the success of the team

[@beazdakid1988]

@ how can you win 4 super bowls and 8 nfl championships and not be successful. You know how many nfl teams would love to have the giants resumes. Packers been around all these years and got 3 is having good record and just gettin there is what matters to you? No. Winning matters to you. You sound crazy and like a hater bro. Cut it out. The giants is one of the most decorated franchises in NfL history.

[@ZackAttack5858]

Proud to be a Giant since '06. RIP Wellington Mara, and thank you.

[@GregoryWright-dh9rh]

A wonderful tribute to an innovative and kind man.

[@joeshmoe7789]

Terrible. Inaccurate. He was given credit for things he had nothing to do with.

[@lutherp.smithjr.5842]

New York Giant fan since 1956 born Buffalo, NY 1954 and forever or until i run out of air . Then spiritually .

[@michaelrivera2352]

I’ve been a Giants fan as long as I can remember. Even tho this season isn’t off to the greatest start it’s videos like this that make me proud to be a fan of this great organization.

[@somerset8088]

We Giants’ fans have a blessed legacy in the Mara family. Love our Giants’ family and our ride-or-die fans and supporters.

[@joeshmoe7789]

Wellington and John Mara are the prime reasons for the losing seasons from 1964-1983 and 2014 -at least another 3 or 4 seasons.

[@johndonohoe3778]

Thank you Mr. Mara. To John Mara don’t give up!

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

@@johndonohoe3778 John won two rings before, and he can do it again. Stay the course with Schoen and Daboll.

[@johndonohoe3778]

@@baxatakbaxatak2014 have to build a program, I agree with you. We’re not the Jets after all

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

@@johndonohoe3778 Oh that much is VERY true. 4 rings during their Namath drought.

[@IAMGavinMitchell]

Total class act. He is one of the founding fathers of the NFL.

[@joeshmoe7789]

His father was one of the founding fathers, not him.

[@jacobball8422]

The whole organization has always gone out of its way to treat the fans with respect. My father was one of those fans that wellington wrote back frequently. We got a Christmas card every year. And we both still do. And I never ask but sometimes even more. This was beautiful

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

The team is lousy. I’d rather have a better team and no Xmas cards Then giants are an absolute complete joke. What would be beautiful would be a above 500 team

[@lutherp.smithjr.5842]

Mr. Mara's example is a lesson for us all the biggest proudest Giant of them all .

[@margaretjiantonio939]

I saw Mr. Mara when the Giants practiced at Fairfield University. He was talking to some fans about golf. I was a little girl then, and I didn't know who he was. He was so nice. I couldn't believe he was the owner.

[@matthewschneider6100]

great tribute. thank you

[@DapsSports]

I learned a lot from this video.

[@joeshmoe7789]

Don't believe it. Many inaccuracies.

[@DapsSports]

@@joeshmoe7789 like what?

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

Thank you for the two rings, Duke. We love you.

[@joeshmoe7789]

He didn't give anyone the rings. He wasn't allowed to interfere with George Young. Thank You, Tim Mara and Pete Rozelle for changing the way the Giants were run.

[@TL2354]

Bob Papa and Phil Simms went to where the Polo Grounds, old Yankee Stadium and Giants Stadium were and said that was every Giants home when Wellington was alive. They missed The Yale Bowl

[@joeshmoe7789]

I wouldn't be surprised if John Mara is trying to erase the Yale bowl and Shea Stadium seasons from their history like many other Wellington blunders.

[@TL2354]

@@joeshmoe7789 And Shea too! Outside Metlife they have mannequins in all the uniforms the Giants have worn but they left out the 1975 "disco logo" ones

[@GrandPapaCap]

We are, quite literally, the most prestigious franchise in the NFL

[@joeshmoe7789]

Right now, as well as the 2nd half of the 60's and all of the 70's, they are the laughing stock of the NFL.

[@GrandPapaCap]

@joeshmoe7789 now do that for the other 31 teams....I said what I said and it's true

[@WaldenPondering]

9:20 oh ffs lol

[@doctoromega93]

Incredible to see so many Giants legends together like this. The Duke would be proud

[@icin.9530]

Wellington Mara was part of the Greatest Generation that Generation was special the best

[@jbx.7995]

That's right, I met him in Manhattan shook my hand he said thank you, I was what? Off guard, he said my Giants hat was cool just like his

[@MalEvansUSA]

@@icin.9530 he was not a great executive. George young built that team. Mara was a dumb intellectually stunted football mind. His kids are clueless too

[@radarrob1443]

Thank you Duke

[@The1stbornsonvirgo]

Absolutely fantastic!!!!

[@Ty91681]

Great doc, only complaint is it was too short.

[@wandersongustavosilva8210]

Well done , The Duke deserves such honor !!

[@joeshmoe7789]

Why?

[@dwx6618]

One day Giants will remember who what and where they are playing for

[@jeffsmith2022]

Excellent...loved the man...

[@chino7287]

🗽🔵

[@pendragon2012]

Thank you for sharing this. I was worried I wouldn't get to see it without NFL Network.

[@kennyferreri7361]

Imaging hating on the Giants not knowing your favorite team plays with a ball nicknamed after a one time Giant 😂

[@w.jasonspangler2952]

Kate Mara is my crush.

[@ChuckNorris11741]

The Duke would hate to have his legacy used as distraction from the fact this team robs their fans of happiness. Great video nonetheless. Put the editors of this video in charge of our top free agents.

[@WaldenPondering]

Nobody is distracting from anything you fool. It's the 100th season of the New York Giants.

[@TL2354]

Their top free agents

[@ChuckNorris11741]

@@WaldenPonderingmedium Pepsis great too. Giants haven’t been the browns of nfl. At some point enough is enough, every giant fan knows this.

[@ChuckNorris11741]

@@TL2354saquan was stolen from us, the fans

[@BxDaBarber]

I can say a million things about the Duke, but why should i if i can sum it up with... "The Man, The Legend, the Pioneer".

[@joeshmoe7789]

You didn't live thru the 60's and 70's.

[@BxDaBarber]

@@joeshmoe7789 and what's your point rere?

[@joeshmoe7789]

@@BxDaBarber My point is, he was one of the worst owners in sports. He inherited a very good team and did a great job to keep them at the top by trading draft picks and young players. By 1964, most players were old, past their primes or retired. He had no one to take their places and the team never recovered with his guidance. From that point until his nephew, the other 50% owner, forced him from day to day team operations after the '78 season, they were the worst team in the NFL. Most of his drafts were much, much worse than Gettleman's. After "The Fumble", the Giants were the laughingstock of the entire sports world. It took George Young 5 years to get them to be a decent, respectable team again. Ask any fan that lived thru the 20 years of "Lousy Football".

[@barbaracaroll]

Wellington Mara made the NFL

[@joeshmoe7789]

His father was the one with George Halas and a couple of others that made the NFL.

[@barbaracaroll]

No wellington Mara was influential in building the NFL into what it is today with the tv deals etc that's why the Duke is on the NFL football

[@AsBlueAsItGets]

A nice watch.

[@andrewgart8271]

The current team is a disgrace

[@Johnmarzuillo-zm2ry]

Should have never left Giants Stadium

[@giantobsession3993]

Nice to see that Shockey grew up....at least a little bit. Shame it took so long to become a real Giant.

[@TEzy713]

The Duke wouldn't allow DJ to take another snap if he was still alive!

[@joeshmoe7789]

The Duke went into the 1965 and 1977 seasons without a QB and never drafted a quality NFL QB. When he finally stepped back, he left them Joe Pisarcik.

[@brendinz]

He’s currently rolling in his grave

[@joeshmoe7789]

Why? His son is running the team like he did in the 70's.

[@Johnmarzuillo-zm2ry]

Change the name of MetLife Stadium

[@sandy3482]

" The Duke" nothing else to say

[@nothankyou7357]

Like how they just of glide over the Mara civil war between John and his nephew that required Pete Rozelle to suggest George Young as a compromise GM candidate, which honestly is the only reason anyone still cares about the Giants.

[@joeshmoe7789]

Rozelle did more than suggest Young, he negotiated the agreement between nephew Tim and Wellington to ban Wellington from interfering with the next GM. Young accepted the job after the agreement was made and others that Rozelle suggested turned them down.

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

Tim and wellingtons civil war resulted in Tim’s family selling to external outside the family non catholics 😢. The Mara boys Jack and Wellington promised their father criminal bookmaker Tim that the team would stay within the family

[@joeshmoe7789]

@@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879 Why would you make such a comment?

[@edwardbaker1331]

So you can know what I care about even though you never met me????

[@joeshmoe7789]

@@edwardbaker1331 Who and what are you replying to?

[@LifaRox]

DIE HARD GIANTS FAN, CARL BANKS WAS MY FAVORITE PLAYER GROWING UP

[@MalEvansUSA]

Carl banks can’t help the giants of 2024

[@MalEvansUSA]

He lost three of the greatest coaches. What a terrible owner Lombardi Landry and belichek. Awful. On not hiring Lombardi he regretted it. Mara once said his dad would never forgive him if he had an Italian Guinea 🇬🇳 as coach of the giants. Sad how racist the Mara family was and how it backfired in their face. Maras dad couldn’t and wouldn’t have an Italian as coach and that’s fact his old man Tim was as racist as the day is long 😢

[@jeffsmith2022]

You NEED to learn some Giant history before making such foolish, ignorant comments Mal...

[@joeshmoe7789]

Lombardi was never available when the Giants needed a head coach. Jim Lee Howell was the head coach when Lombardi, an unknown assistant, left. At that time, he had just led the Giants to two championship games over the last 3 seasons, winning one and losing the other in OT. You think they should've fired him? Landry moved his family to Texas and was out of football for a year. He was going to work in private business. Losing Belichick was George Young's fault. Please provide proof that old man Tim was a racist.

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

@@joeshmoe7789 a bootlegger a racist and a compulsive gambler. Tim Mara hid behind his Catholicism but his evil immoral ways tainted the city for decades

[@mellymel8668]

If Wellington were alive he’d fire his son…

[@TL2354]

How do you know?

[@mellymel8668]

@@TL2354 I spoke with him earlier

[@jeffsmith2022]

BULL...

[@mellymel8668]

@@jeffsmith2022 why you don’t believe me?

[@joeshmoe7789]

His son is running the team the same way he did in the 60's and 70's.

[@jintsfan]

It’s all about the Giants. Today’s NFL is what it is because of Well Mara. There is no NFL without The New York Football Giants. ❤️💙🤍

[@joeshmoe7789]

No, his father Tim was one of the fathers of the NFL and had final say almost up to his death in 1959. His brother Jack assisted him and represented the team at league meetings until 1964. Wellington tried to work with the league, but was known for prolonging a player's strike while his team sank to the bottom of the NFL.