F. Wayne Valley

F. Wayne Valley (1914–1986) was an American businessman, philanthropist and football player. He attended Oregon State University in the 1930s, where he was a starting linebacker and fullback on the Oregon State Beavers football team, though he would ultimately graduate with a business degree from the University of Oregon. He would later go on to a successful career in the homebuilding industry, starting his first building business in the late 1940s. His businesses were based in the East Bay city of San Leandro, California where he lived. He and his wife Gladys,son Michael W.Valley and daughter Tamara A.Valley, later moved to Piedmont, California in the late 1960s.

He was one of the original owners (along with Chet Soda and six other investors) of the Oakland Raiders football team, and a founding member of the American Football League. Valley took control of the franchise in 1960 and was the managing general partner of the team with Ed McGah until forced out of this role by Al Davis in 1972; Valley subsequently sold his stake in 1976. Along with his wife, Gladys L. Valley, they left the majority of their net worth to the Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation, based in Oakland, California.

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