Philip H. Iselin was a New York City

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 women's apparel manufacturer who was a shareholder and President of the New York Jets

New York Jets

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 football team and Chairman of Monmouth Park Racetrack

Monmouth Park Racetrack

Monmouth Park Racetrack is an American race track for thoroughbred horse racing in Oceanport, New Jersey. It is owned by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and is operated under a five-year lease as a partnership with Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City.Monmouth Park's marquee event...

 in Oceanport, New Jersey

Oceanport, New Jersey

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. He was a member of the original Board of Directors

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 that bought the New York Titans

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 in 1963 and renamed the franchise the Jets. In 1969, he succeeded Sonny Werblin

Sonny Werblin

David Abraham "Sonny" Werblin was a prominent entertainment industry executive and sports impresario who was an owner of the New York Jets, Chairman of Madison Square Gardens, and who built and managed the Meadowlands Sports Complex.A graduate of Rutgers University, Werblin went to work for Music...

 as President of the Jets.

A member of The Jockey Club

The Jockey Club

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, Iselin and Amory L. Haskell headed a group of investors who founded the Monmouth Park Jockey Club in 1944 to build a new Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

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 horse racing

Horse racing

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 facility in Oceanport, New Jersey. The track opened in 1946 and Iselin served as treasurer of the Monmouth Park Jockey Club until 1968 when he was appointed President. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30A16FE3C5B1B7B93C4AB178BD95F408485F9 http://www.monmouthpark.com/uploadedFiles/History.pdf.

While at work in the New York Jets Manhattan

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 offices, Iselin died after suffering his second heart attack in three months.

Son, James "Jimmy" Iselin, became a racehorse trainer

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