The Atlanta Falcons have NFL Hall of Famers and local sports Hall of Famers, but did they have an owner in the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame? Nope, at least not until last night.
The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame inducted its 2018 class last night, and among the greats on the list was one Arthur Blank. Since Blank purchased the Falcons in 2002, they’ve been more successful than they were in any previous epoch of the team history, which is a blend of Blank’s willingness to spend, his increasingly rare desire to win and patience with the staff he hires, and particularly his fateful hire of Thomas Dimitroff to run the team’s front office.