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Born to Jim Crockett Sr. and Elizabeth (Eversole) Crockett, Jim Jr. graduated from Myers Park High School in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1960. He and his younger siblings (David, Jackie, and Frances) were largely uninvolved in professional wrestling until their father's death in 1973. The elder Crockett had been a promoter of wrestling and ...
Principal owner: John W. Henry Net worth: $2.6 billion (2020) Purchase price: $380 million (2002) Current franchise valuation: $3.4 billion Value appreciation: 796% Annualized appreciation: 11.6% ...
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John Mara: $500 Million Net Worth (Tie) Team: New York Giants Year Purchased: 1925 Price Paid for Team: $500 Team Value: $4.9 billion Tim Mara was the founding owner of the New York Giants, and in ...
Jim Crockett; Birth name: James Allen Crockett: Born June 2, 1908 Bristol, Virginia, U.S. Died: April 1, 1973 (aged 64) Cause of death: Heart Attack [1] Spouse(s) Elizabeth Eversole (his death) Children: Frances Crockett Ringley (born 1940) James Allen Crockett Jr. (1944–2021) David Finley Crockett (born 1946)
Jim Crockett (1909–1973) was a promoter of live events including professional wrestling, music concerts, plays, minor league baseball, and ice hockey. In 1931, he founded his own professional wrestling promotion , Jim Crockett Promotions. [ 1 ]
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This move proved disastrous as ratings would plummet, and the WWF would end up losing money on the deal. Then-NWA President Jim Crockett, Jr., the owner of JCP, would buy the World Championship Wrestling program from McMahon for $1 million and returned NWA programming to TBS. By 1985, JCP would become the flagship territory of the NWA by ...