If David Modell had his way, America’s Team would have resided in Baltimore, not Dallas.
Modell’s first choice for the name of the new Baltimore football team in 1996 was Americans, a nod to the Baltimore-Ohio train known as the American.
“I had this whole thing in my head of the charging locomotive look, steel gray, and most importantly with the American flag on the side,” Modell said in 2013.
Modell, who passed away Friday from lung cancer, didn't make his relocated franchise America's Team. But, as a team executive from 1996 to 2004, he played a major role in helping the Ravens become Baltimore's team.