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2 unusual facts about Sonny Werblin


American Football League Rookies of the Year

Selected in the third round in the NFL draft, Matt Snell was picked in the first round as the first player drafted by the AFL's New York franchise after new owner Sonny Werblin changed the team's name from the Titans of New York.

Logos and uniforms of the New York Jets

When the syndicate led by Sonny Werblin purchased the team, renamed the Jets, the uniform underwent significant changes.


Process Shot

Her owner, Sonny Werblin of Elberon Farms (who also owned the New York Jets), and trainer J. Bowes Bond decided to run Process Shot in the defacto second jewel of the filly triple crown, the $40,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland on May 16, 1969.


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