Allie Sherman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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NFL football player and coach; sports media & marketing executive
Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1923
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of Death: 03-Jan-2015
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Allie Sherman
- Alex "Allie" Sherman (February 10, 1923 – January 3, 2015) was an American football player and coach who played 51 games in six seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as a quarterback and defensive back, and afterward served as head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and of the New York Giants of the NFL.
- He later worked as a cable television and sports marketing executive and media personality. Sherman was head coach of the NFL's New York Giants from 1961 to the 1969 preseason.
- He won three consecutive Eastern Conference titles with the Giants from 1961 to 1963, and coached in three NFL Pro Bowls.
- Sherman collected two NFL Coach of the Year Awards, in 1961 and 1962, the first time such an honor was awarded to the same person in consecutive years.
- He was the first "media" NFL head coach, producing and hosting his own shows on television and radio, and becoming a frequent on-air football analyst. After coaching, he had a long career at Warner Communications (today WarnerMedia), where he developed the first cable television sports networks, pioneered interactive and pay-per-view television and events, oversaw and marketed the New York Cosmos soccer team, and produced for ABC and worldwide syndication Pelé's farewell game event (with Muhammad Ali and other celebrities).
- Later, new New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani tapped Sherman to become president of the failing New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation (OTB), which, within two years, Sherman made profitable for the first time while revitalizing its tawdry image.
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