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The former owner of the Indianapolis Colts, Jim Irsay, died at the age of 65, the team announced Wednesday.
Irsay’s father bought the team in 1972, when they still played in Baltimore, for $ 12 million and transferred to the team in 1984.
Irsay was the general manager of the team from 1982 to 1996 and became the youngest owner of the NFL at age 37, shortly after his father’s death in 1997.
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Jim Irsay attends the 15th Annual Seminar of Lordon Hope Lunchon in honor of Michael Phelps in the square on November 10, 2021 in New York City. (Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan through Getty Images)
Irsay had several health problems over the years and fought against drug addiction and alcohol, once admitting that he had been in rehabilitation “at least 15 times.”
The colts announced in January 2024 that Irsay was being treated by a “serious respiratory disease.” That February, he published on X, previously Twitter, which was “In the cast.”
“It’s a long path and you have to be patient. The good news is that everything is going well,” a hospitalized Irsay He said that march After he underwent a procedure in his right leg.
Irsay said at that time that he had undergone “26 surgeries in the last seven years.”
The owner and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts, Jim Irsay, speaks during a ceremony in honor of former player Tarik Glenn during the part of a game between the Washington commanders and the Colts in Lucas Oil Stadium on October 30, 2022, in Indianapolis. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
In December 2023, the police was called to Irsa’s house around 4:30 am and found it in the bed without responding and cold during what the authorities called an “overdose suspicion.”
“It wasn’t an overdose,” Irsay said Fox 59 in Indianapolis.
“I don’t know why, when you have your name in the newspaper in the past, people throw it quickly. I don’t pay much attention, but I don’t think it’s fair.”
Irsay was arrested in 2014 and declared himself guilty of operating while he was intoxicated (OWI), which led to a six -games suspension and a fine of $ 500,000 of the NFL. He said his arrest was partly due to being a white billionaire.
Irsay took possession of the colts in 1995 after a legal battle after the death of his father. Since then, the colts had great success with Peyton Manning as their quartback, but they have been changing since Manning left the team and Andrew Luck withdrew abruptly.
During his term executing the daily operations of the organization, Irsay won 258 games, the fourth one in the NFL in that period. He also won 10 division titles, it was 1-1 in Super Bowls and reached the playoffs 18 times.
The owner of the Indianapolis Colts, Jim Irsay, speaks with fans during the induction of Dwight Freeney to the Ring of Honor from Indianapolis Colts at the Lucas Oil stadium on November 10, 2019 in Indianapolis. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
Three daughters and 10 grandchildren survive. He and his ex -wife divorced in 2013.
