Bud Adams has died

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Hearing the same but no confirmed reports yet.

Just three days after Bum Phillips died.
 
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Same, haven't seen anything in the news yet other than some stuff regarding his quotes on Bum Phillips passing. I'd think NFL.com or ESPN would be all over this quickly.

When/where did you hear about this?
 
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Heard it from my local media source via his twitter and it is getting spread around by several people I know in Houston.
 
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Brent and I are friends and he broke the story first. I came here upon hearing it from Brent.
 
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I was going to say the only place I've seen it so far was the houston chronicle's twitter and an NFL fan site called "fan sided"
 
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The Nashville TV stations are also confirming now. Uncle Bud has died.
 
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Sad, I wasn't a big fan of his but he brought the Titans to Nashville, and for that I will always be thankful. It's unfortunate he never got a SB ring.
 
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Mixed emotions for those of us growing up loving the Oilers. Dont get me wrong, I dont wish death on anyone, but its hard for me to say nice warm fuzzy things about a guy that shipped off the team I grew up watching and loving. Since then, my house has been a member if WHODAT Nation.

I can understand Tennessee fans liking the guy for what he did for Nashville.
 
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TXA&M07 said:
Mixed emotions for those of us growing up loving the Oilers. Dont get me wrong, I dont wish death on anyone, but its hard for me to say nice warm fuzzy things about a guy that shipped off the team I grew up watching and loving. Since then, my house has been a member if WHODAT Nation.

I can understand Tennessee fans liking the guy for what he did for Nashville.
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At the same time, he also initially brought professional football to the city. Combine it with the fact that he was one of the AFL founders, so he helped make professional football what it is today. (The AFL brought us things like the Super Bowl, more passing based offenses, etc)
 
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NFL.com now reporting it.


Up there playing cards with his good friend Bum and probably Lamar now. RIP to the two of them
 
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Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams passes away at 90 - NFL.com

Professional football lost another one of its most influential architects on Monday. Tennessee Titans owner K.S. "Bud" Adams, Jr. has passed away at the age of 90, according to sources out of Houston. Adams was the longest tenured owner in the league.

Fifty-four years ago, Bud Adams and Lamar Hunt held a joint press conference to announce the formation of the new American Football League. Adams, the co-founder of the AFL, pursued his passion for football every day until his passing on Monday. Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson is now the last remaining owner/founder of that group, having been with the Bills since their inception in 1960.

No current NFL owner presided over more wins with his organization. Most of those wins came in Houston where Adams' Houston Oilers won the first two AFL titles in 1960 and 1961 before losing the '62 title to Hunt's Dallas Texans team.

A World War II veteran, Adams' Oilers were the first football team to play indoors at the Houston Astrodome. The Oilers played there until 1997, when Adams moved the organization to Tennessee amid great controversy, ending a contentious relationship with the city.

Adams and his wife Nancy were married for 62 years before her passing in February of 2009. He is survived by two daughters, Susie Smith and Amy Strunk. A son, Kenneth S. Adams III, is deceased. Adams has seven grandchildren.

We send out condolences to the Adams family and the Titans organization at this time.
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I had no idea he lost one of his sons.
 
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