Commissioner of Football
Chandler was also a Commissioner of the short-lived Continental Football League. Chandler served as Commissioner from March 17, 1965 until January 20, 1966. After a legal dispute, he resigned, stating that the CFL had lied to him about the Commissioner's powers. He was replaced by Sol Rosen, who took over the reigns for the next two football seasons. The league ceased operations altogether in 1969.
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Famous quotes containing the word football:
“In football they measure forty-yard sprints. Nobody runs forty yards in basketball. Maybe you run the ninety-four feet of the court; then you stop, not on a dime, but on Miss Liberty’s torch. In football you run over somebody’s face.”
—Donald Hall (b. 1928)