12 Amazing Facts about Donald Trump, The President of United States – Page 9

9. Donald Trump Previously Owned a Football Team

FILE - In this March 8, 1984, file photo, Donald Trump shakes hands with Herschel Walker in New York after agreement on a 4-year contract with the New Jersey Generals USFL football team. The New Jersey Generals have been largely forgotten, but Trumps ownership of the team was formative in his evolution as a public figure and peerless self-publicist. With money and swagger, he led a shaky and relatively low-budget spring football league, the USFL, into a showdown with the NFL. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff, File)

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In 1983 Trump decided to branch out and decided to buy a foot ball team. It was reported that Trump bought the team for $9 million. He said he bought it for $5 million. The team was part of the United States Football League (USFL). Trump’s team became one of the best in the USFL but within a few years the spring football league no longer existed. The demise of the USFL came about after the league’s lawsuit with the NFL. The USFL won the lawsuit but only received a check for $3.76 after attorney fees and court costs were paid. The check has never been cashed.