Joe Rosentover

Joseph Rosentover (12 January 1903 - 4 December 1973^[2]) became the manager and president of the American Association football league in 1936 ^[3] and also became the president of Atlantic Coast Football League in 1963.

Joe Rosentover
Born	Joseph Rosentover (1903-01-12)January 12, 1903 [1] US[1]
Died	December 4, 1973(1973-12-04) (aged 70) [1] Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey[1]
Nationality	American [1]
Occupation	Football Manager
Known for	Manager, President: American Association minor football league; Atlantic Coast Football League

Personal life

Rosentover was born in 1903. He died at the age of 70 in 1973.^[1][4]

American Association

In 1936, when he was 33, Rosentover was made president of the newly founded American Association.^[5] In 1940 the league started to include teams from Ohio and Pennsylvania.^[3][5] He was inducted into the American Football Association Hall of Fame in 1983.^[6]

Atlantic Coast Football League

In 1963, the year after the league was started, Rosentover was made president and manager of the Atlantic Coast Football League, a league that included teams from several former AA/AFL markets (including two, the Newark Bears and Providence Steam Roller that revived former AA teams). Rosentover was with the league through no later than the 1967 season; by 1968, Cosmo Iacavazzi had replaced him as head of the league.