CANTON, Ohio (AP) -John Bankert, a former executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Thursday. He was 68.
He died after a long illness, the Hall of Fame said.
Bankert worked at the hall for more than four decades, serving as the museum’s executive director from 1996 until he retired in 2005. He played a big role in helping the shrine expand and extend its activities.
Bankert was the only employee to work under the hall’s first three directors. Steve Perry succeeded Bankert as president/executive director in 2006.
“He had an extraordinary love for the Hall of Fame and he had an extraordinarily warm relationship with the Hall of Famers enshrined here,” Perry said.
Bankert is survived by his wife of 46 years, Joan Moyer, four children and eight grandchildren.
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