'Jim' James S. Irsay  

James S. Irsay was born n Lincolnwood, Illinois, the son of Harriet (née Pogorzelski) and Chicago businessman Robert Irsay. His father was from a Hungarian Jewish family and his mother was the daughter of Polish Catholic immigrants

He attended high school at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois a suburb just north of Chicago, Illinois and at Mercersburg Academy '78, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. After high school he attended, and graduated from, Southern Methodist University in 1982 with a degree in broadcast journalism. Irsay played linebacker for the SMU Mustangs football team as a walk-on, but an ankle injury ended his playing career.

Irsay was 12 years old when his father, Robert Irsay, purchased the Baltimore Colts in 1972.
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After graduating from SMU in 1982 he joined the Colts' professional staff. He was named Vice President and General Manager in 1984, one month after the Colts left Baltimore in the middle of the night, using moving vans to leave the city of Baltimore, traveling to Indianapolis. Jim assumed day-to-day management with the role of Senior Executive Vice President, General Manager and Chief Operating Officer in April 1996.

Jim Irsay and hix father.

When his father died in January 1997 Jim engaged in a legal battle with his stepmother over ownership of the team, but later became the youngest NFL team owner at that time at 37. He controls 100% of the franchise.

Jan. 13, 1998: Irsay and the city of Indianapolis agree on a renegotiated lease for the RCA Dome, providing the team at least $8 million a year in dome-generated revenues and assuring the city the franchise will stay at least 10 years.

In 2002 the Irsay franchise was said to ber facing unspecified losses that that would of approached $100 million and would of been able to stay competitive without more financial support from the city. Possible solutions would possibly be new stadium or direct payments from the city to the team that could top $10 million a year. Negotiations were to have been in November 2002

The 47-year-old Indianapolis Colts owner wanted to win the Super Bowl XLI (2007). At any cost and he did. In 1984 at the age of 24 he was named general manager of the Colts by his father. The Colts is his only significant business venture.

Irsay the guitarist: In 1984, Jim Irsay (right) played rock 'n' roll at the Vogue nightclub with Bob Kevoian (left), a WFBQ disc jockey, and Colts cinematographer Marty Hecksher.

Jim Irsay defies the conventional image of an NFL owner. He plays guitar, meditates and has a horseshoe tattooed on his shoulder. He hangs out with rock stars, has a reputation for partying

He married Margaret M 'Meg' Coyle in 1980, and the couple have three daughters, Carlie Irsay-Gordon, Casey Foyt and Kalen Irsay

He has a recording studio in his Carmel estate where he records songs with professional musicians; writes writes poetry, was once a power weightlifter, has ran a marathon, quietly contributes to charities. In 2007 he was Board of director for United Way of Central Indiana

There are many interesting articles on the intenet on Jim. Beside the offical site of the Indianapolis Colts.

Nov 2, 2006 Jim Irsay, owner and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts and a graduate of Southern Methodist University, is creating a scholarship program at SMU for graduates of Indiana high schools.

2013 - Colts owner Irsay, wife to divorce after 33 years
MIKE BAKER, Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay and his wife of 33 years are ending their marriage.

Meg Irsay filed a divorce petition in Hamilton County Superior Court in Noblesville on Thursday citing an "irretrievable breakdown" of the marriage. She is asking the court to divide their marital estate.

A joint statement issued by the couple said Jim Irsay will retain full ownership of the Colts and his other business interests.

The couple married Aug. 2, 1980. They have been separated for a decade.

Jim Irsay has owned the Colts since 1997 following the death of his father, Robert Irsay.

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Margaret Coyle Irsay (Meg) was born in Arlington Heights, Ill. idaughter of Ruth and Ed Coyle. She attended Illinois Institute of Technology, Northern Illinois University and Southern Methodist University. Meg’s experience in movement started as a girl. She later began teaching and practicing rhythmic movement in the fitness industry. During this time she became interested in the somatic psychotherapies including Rolfing, Feildenkrais, Rubenfeld and Ecstatic dance. She opened her own studio, One Body Incorporated, and began teaching what she called “conscious movement”, the practice of allowing the body to open by pening the heart. She is author of "Messages to Me: Words Collected on the Road to Silence" published in January 30, 2007 with Ray Takuji Satoas Illustrator