Sports Executive and Owner of Denver Broncos NFL football team. He along with his two brothers, John Bowlen and Bill Bowlen, and sister, Marybeth Bowlen, purchased the Denver Broncos from Edgar Kaiser in 1984. He served as the Broncos CEO from his purchase of the club in 1984 until July 2014, when he stepped down due to Alzheimer's disease. He earned degrees in business in 1965 and in law in 1968 from the University of Oklahoma and had become wealthy as a successful lawyer in Edmonton, Alberta. He had also worked as an executive for his father's company and as a real estate developer and had major investments in the mining industry. On November 1, 2015, Bowlen was inducted into the Broncos' Ring of Fame, earning him a bronze plaque that stands on the south side of Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Besides being owner and CEO of the Broncos, Bowlen was also part-owner of the Arena Football League's Colorado Crush with Denver-based sports mogul Stan Kroenke and legendary Broncos quarterback John Elway. The Crush entered the AFL as an expansion franchise in 2003 and after going through a 2-14 season in 2003, the team became a perennial playoff contender and one of the league's top franchises. The Crush won the Arena Football League Championship in 2005. In 2006, Major League Lacrosse decided to expand adding the Denver Outlaws to its league of teams. The Denver Outlaws have been the most winning franchise that Bowlen has ever owned, with a regular season winning percentage of .690 since their creation. The Outlaws have been to the playoffs every year of their existence except one in 2015 and advanced to the championship game eight times in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018, winning the championship in 2014, 2016, and 2018. He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the Class of 2019, was a three-time Super Bowl champion as owner of the Denver Broncos, ArenaBowl XIX champion as part owner of the Colorado Crush, three-time Steinfeld Cup champion as owner of the Denver Outlaws, Broncos Ring of Fame in the class of 2015, and Colorado Business Hall of Fame in the class of 2015.