On this July 4th our nation celebrates its 232nd birthday while Al Davis celebrates his 80th birthday and George Steinbrenner celebrates his 79th birthday; combined they are 159 years old. All three birthday's that we celebrate today are famous for many reasons in their own way, lets take a look at the top 5 reasons we should celebrate these famous birthday's.
The United States of America:
- Leader of the free world, every country strives to be like the USA but can only hope to duplicate its power.
- One of the toughest military in the world that will never give up.
- We are stubborn because we have fought through a Depression, two World Wars, 9/11 and we'll keep on fighting.
- Families will come together to set off fireworks.
- We are free to do what we want, when we want and how we want.
Al Davis:
- The way he made the NFL a multi-billion dollar organization with the merger of the AFL and NFL.
- Hiring the first black coach in Art Shell and first female CEO in the NFL, Amy Trask.
- Making John Madden the greatest video gamer of all time.
- Knowing all the short cuts between Oakland and Los Angeles to miss all the traffic.
- Knowing that if Hollywood can not find anyone to play Freddy Kruger they can always call on him.
George Steinbrenner:
- Spent money like it was going out of style which led to baseball players making $25 million a year.
- Luxury tax!
- Corporate sponsorships no matter how big a fine the commissioner of baseball gave him.
- Creating the team that everyone loves to hate.
- Building a $1.3 billion stadium that fans can not go to since ticket prices are so high.
Happy Birthday America, Al Davis and George Steinbrenner!
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