- Born
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- Birth nameMichael Lynn
- Mike Lynn was born on May 18, 1938 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Jorja. He died on July 21, 2012 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA.
- SpouseJorja(? - July 21, 2012) (his death, 4 children)
- Raised in New Jersey and attended Pace University in New York.
- He wrote a letter that caught the eye of Max Winter, owner of the Vikings, and started working as his assistant in 1974.
- He dropped out of college to work at a Dixie-Mart and manage a movie theater in Memphis.
- After he left the Vikings in 1990, Lynn became president of the World League of American Football, which went on hiatus after two seasons and was reborn as N.F.L. Europe.
- He was instrumental in the Vikings' move to the Metrodome in 1982.
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