Late Giants owner Wellington Mara nominated for Salute to Service Award

Wellington Mara, the late co-owner of the New York Giants, has been named as the team’s nominee for the 2024 Salute to Service Award.

The Salute to Service Award, presented by USAA, “acknowledges the exceptional efforts by members of the NFL community to honor and support U.S. service members, veterans, and their families.”

Mara, who passed away in 2005, has recently been in the news after the NFL Network aired a documentary about his life last week.

A World War II Navy veteran, Mara “spent his life honoring, empowering and connecting with service members, veterans and their families.”

Mara’s father, Tim, founded the New York Giants in 1925 and he and his brother, Jack, took control of the team upon their father’s death in 1959. The Mara family still owns 50 percent of the franchise to this day.

All 32 NFL teams are represented by a nominee for the award in which three finalists will be announced in January. The recipient will be announced at the NFL Honors primetime awards special to air nationally in February during the week of Super Bowl LIX.