A lot of people felt that the DeBartolos, because they were in Youngstown, didn’t have that much to do with or care about the Penguins. That was very much untrue. I talked daily with Mr. DeBartolo. When we had a bad game, I would hear about it very early in the morning the next day.
PAUL MARTHA
Former president of the Penguins describing the ownership of Edward DeBartolo Sr.
• A group of 21 owners invested $2 million to get the Penguins started in 1967. General manager Jack Riley remembered a request being made to hold the check a few extra days, just so more interest could be collected.

• George Steinbrenner once had an interest in buying the Penguins. So did the famous singer Andy Williams.
Pittsburgh Penguins Owners 1965 to Present
Jack McGregor
Peter Block
Donald Parsons
Al Savill
Otto Frenzel
Wren Blair
PRIMARY OWNERSHIP
DATES
Jack McGregor, Peter Block
June 1965 - March 1968
Donald Parsons
March 1968 - April 1971
Peter Block, Elmore Keener & Peter Burchfield
April 1971 - June 1975
National Hockey League
June 1975 - July 1975
Al Savill, Otto Frenzel & Wren Blair
July 1975 - Feb. 1976
Al Savill, & Otto Frenzel
February 1976 - February 1977
Edward J. DeBartolo Sr.
February 1977 - November 1991
Howard Baldwin, Moris Belzberg & Thomas Ruta
November 1991 - May 1997
Howard Baldwin, Moris Belzberg, Thomas Ruta & Roger Marino
May 1997 - September 1999
Mario Lemieux (Lemieux Group LP)
September 1999 - Present
Ed DeBartolo Sr.
Howard Baldwin
Moris Belzberg
Thomas Ruta
Roger Marino
Mario Lemieux

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