Editing Art Modell (section)

==Early life and education==
Modell was born to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family<ref name=Ohio.com>[http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/art-modell-1925-2012-his-life-story-will-always-be-tied-with-browns-move-to-baltimore-1.332235 Ohio.com: "Art Modell 1925-2012: His life story will always be tied with Browns move to Baltimore" By Jason Lloyd] September 6, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.catholicreview.org/blogs/the-narthex/2012/09/06/remembering-art-modell-champion-of-catholic-education The Catholic Review: "Remembering Art Modell, champion of Catholic education" by George P. Matysek Jr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029021958/http://www.catholicreview.org/blogs/the-narthex/2012/09/06/remembering-art-modell-champion-of-catholic-education |date=October 29, 2012 }} September 6, 2012</ref> in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. His father George was a wine sales manager who went bankrupt after the [[stock market crash of 1929]]<ref name=Ohio.com /> and later died when Modell was 14.<ref name=mcfadden/> Modell attended [[New Utrecht High School]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/sports/football/art-modell-nfl-owner-of-browns-then-ravens-is-dead-at-87.html|title=Art Modell, N.F.L. Owner of Browns, Then Ravens, Is Dead at 87|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|date=2012-09-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-25|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Modell saw his first football game when he was nine years old.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilbon |first=Michael |date=2002-12-03 |title=There's Vick and Then There's . . . |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2002/12/03/theres-vick-and-then-theres/f5f946e1-e076-434b-9591-58f6f739cad7/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> At the age of 15, Modell left high school to help support his family.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/ravens/2003-12-26-modell_x.htm|work=USA Today|first1=Gary|last1=Mihoces|title=Modell marking time|date=December 25, 2003}}</ref> His first job was cleaning the hulls of ships in a Brooklyn shipyard.<ref name=Ravens>[http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Art-Modell-Passes-Away-At-87/4b9b56fd-02ef-4844-ae22-eacf1e25eb89 Baltimore Ravens.com: "Art Modell Passes Away At 87"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913204848/http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Art-Modell-Passes-Away-At-87/4b9b56fd-02ef-4844-ae22-eacf1e25eb89 |date=2012-09-13 }} September 6, 2012</ref>

In 1943, when he was 18, he joined the [[United States Army Air Forces]].<ref name= Ravens /> After his service during World War II, he enrolled in a New York City television school under the [[G.I. Bill]]. In 1947, he founded his own production company with a fellow student and in 1949, they produced one of the first daytime shows in the country, ''Market Melodies'', dedicated to cooking and decorating.<ref name=Ohio.com /> Modell sold the idea of his show to the [[Grand Union (supermarket)|Grand Union]] grocery store chain and Modell installed televisions, at his expense, in the aisles of the chain's stores where the show soon became very popular. At the time, very few households had televisions so the store format was wildly successful.<ref name=Ohio.com />  In 1954, using the lucrative Grand Union account as leverage, he was hired as a senior account executive at the advertising company L.H. Hartman Co. in New York City, eventually becoming a partner.<ref name=Ohio.com /> Formed after the [[Prohibition era]], L.H. Hartman was primarily involved in liquor advertising. In 1958, Modell bought an upstate New York champagne maker, Gold Seal Vineyards Inc.<ref name=Ohio.com /> In 1960, L.H. Hartman was dissolved, and Modell again used his Grand Union account to land a job as senior vice president at the advertising firm Kastor, Hilton, Chesley, Clifford & Atherton.<ref name=Ohio.com />