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William D. Modell, 86, Chairman of Modell's Sporting Goods
William D. Modell, 86, Chairman of Modell's Sporting Goods
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Posted Friday February 15, 2008
Last Edited Wednesday July 23, 2008
From WWD Issue 02/15/2008
William D. "Bill" Modell, chairman of Modell's Sporting Goods, who led the growth of his family-owned sporting goods chain from four stores to 136 full-line units, died of prostate cancer Thursday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He was 86.
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