Jay Ramsdell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jay Ramsdell
Occupation	Basketball player
Date Of Birth	Jan 30, 1964(1964-01-30)
Age	60
Date Of Death	July 19, 1989
Birthplace	Bar Harbor
Country	United States
Birth City	Maine
Horoscope	Aquarius

Jay Ramsdell Biography

Jay Ramsdell is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on January 30, 1964 in Bar Harbor, Maine, United States. Jay L. Ramsdell (January 30, 1964 – July 19, 1989) was the Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), a professional men’s basketball league in the United States, from 1988 until his death.

With the resignation of Commissioner Mike Storen in 1988, Jay Ramsdell became the youngest Commissioner in the history of professional sports when he assumed the position at the age of 24.

Ramsdell and Deputy Commissioner Jerry Schemmel were on United Airlines Flight 232 on July 19, 1989, and traveling from the league headquarters in Denver to the player draft in Columbus, Ohio, when the plane crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa, after losing all hydraulics. Of the 296 passengers and crew on board the flight, Ramsdell was among the 111 passengers who were killed, while Schemmel survived.

He returned to Bangor, Maine, to serve as the General Manager for the Maine Windjammers in 1985–86. After that franchise folded after one season, at the age of 20, Ramsdell returned to the CBA front office as Deputy Commissioner.

Jay Ramsdell Net Worth

Jay Ramsdell is one of the richest Basketball player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jay Ramsdell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

As a ninth-grade student in 1978, Ramsdell interviewed the owner of the expansion team the Maine Lumberjacks for an article in his high school newspaper. The owner was so impressed, he invited Jay to “help out” the team on Opening Night. That night Jay was assigned to the scorer’s table, and by the end of the game he was the Statistical Crew Chief. Within a week, Jay had assumed the role of the team’s Director of Public Relations.

Ramsdell remained with the ‘Jacks until his high school graduation in 1982 when he was hired by CBA commissioner Jim Drucker as the league’s Administrative Assistant. Within a year, he was the league’s Director of Operations.

In 1989, the CBA league championship trophy was named the Jay Ramsdell Trophy to honor his memory. Ramsdell was posthumously inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.

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Facts & Trivia

Rakesh Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jay Ramsdell celebrates birthday on January 30 of every year.