Joe Robbie
Male, Film actor
1916 – 1990
Who was Joe Robbie?
Joseph "Joe" Robbie was an American lawyer and entrepreneur of Lebanese descent.
Robbie was the original owner of the Miami Dolphins, an NFL football team. Coached by Don Shula, Robbie's Dolphins achieved a perfect season in 1972 and two consecutive Super Bowl wins. Additionally, he built the US$115 million Joe Robbie Stadium with private funds in 1987. It was later renamed Pro Player Park, then Pro Player Stadium, then Dolphins Stadium, then Dolphin Stadium, then LandShark Stadium and is now called Sun Life Stadium.
Robbie had a small part playing himself in the film Black Sunday, in which he is interviewed about security for Super Bowl X.
Robbie also owned the Miami Toros and the Fort Lauderdale Strikers soccer teams of the North American Soccer League. Joe Robbie Stadium was one of the first major stadiums in the US designed with soccer in mind.
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- Born
- Jul 7, 1916
Sisseton - Children
- Education
- University of South Dakota
- Northern State University
- Died
- Jan 7, 1990
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on July 23, 2013
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