d owner, dies aged 84Rooney’s name attached to NFL’s landmark initiative in minority hiringRoger Goodell: Rooney ‘one of the finest men in the history of our game’Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare via EmailView more sharing optionsShare on LinkedInShare on PinterestShare on Google+Share on WhatsAppShare on MessengerCloseAssociated PressThursday 13 April 2017 21. s in the rear of the building when he became engaged in a verbal altercation with a 25-year-old male, whose name is also being withheld. Because of that, he won’t be remembered as another rich kid who rode his father’s football team to a $2bn lottery ticket, but rather as an owner who actually stood for something. The conflict escalated until the younger man struck the victim in the head with a screwdriver, the officers said.