Sam Mark

Samuel Mark (born Markelevich; September 22, 1896 – August 9, 1980) was an American soccer club owner. During the 1920s and early 1930s he was the owner of Fall River Marksmen, one of the era's most successful teams. Mark's continued to own the team after it relocated and became the New York Yankees and then New Bedford Whalers. He also briefly owned Boston Soccer Club. He had played guard for the Massachusetts American Legion basketball team.

Mark was born in Fall River, Massachusetts to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants from Kyiv. His father, Mandel, changed the family surname to Mark in 1916 because of difficulties in spelling and pronouncing it. Provided by Wikipedia