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William Clay Ford Sr. (March 14, 1925 – March 9, 2014) was an American businessman who was on the boards of Ford Motor Company and the Edison Institute. Ford owned the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1964 until his death.
Mar 9, 2014 · Four months after his family celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Ford family buying the Lions franchise, owner William Clay Ford Sr. has died.
Mar 9, 2014 · DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Ford Motor Co executive William Clay Ford Sr., the last surviving grandchild of the automaker's founder, Henry Ford, and the longtime owner of the Detroit Lions...
Mar 10, 2014 · The Henry Ford remembers William Clay Ford, Sr., the largest donor in the history of our institution, whose generosity helped restore Greenfield Village and build new visitor experiences in Henry Ford Museum.
Mar 9, 2014 · DETROIT (AP) -- William Clay Ford, the last surviving grandchild of automotive pioneer Henry Ford and owner of the Detroit Lions, has died. He was 88. Ford Motor Co. said in a statement...
Mar 9, 2014 · William Clay Ford Sr., the longtime owner of the Detroit Lions, has died at the age of 88. “It is with profound sadness that we mourn the loss of Mr. Ford and extend our deepest sympathies to Mrs. Ford and to the entire Ford family,” Lions President Tom Lewand said in a statement.
Mar 10, 2014 · William Clay Ford Sr. was many things in his nearly nine decades: he was a curious grandson of the genius Henry Ford; he was the quiet, but favorite son of his mother Ethel, a member of that Hudson family of Detroit; he was a volunteer teenage soldier in World War II; he was a skilled athlete at Yale, where he earned a degree in economics; he ...