EAST RUTHERFORD — Most everyone knows Donald Trump was an Atlantic City casino magnate.
And the billionaire businessman — now the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination — is revered in the golf world for his 17 luxury courses across the globe, including three in New Jersey.
But another, largely forgotten Jersey venture — his ownership of the long-departed New Jersey Generals — begs the question:
Did Donald Trump really kill a professional football league?
Trump bought the Generals, a franchise in the upstart United States Football League, in 1983. The young real estate developer had just opened Trump Tower in Manhattan and was a few months away from opening Trump Plaza, his first Atlantic City casino.