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HISTORYSAN FRANCISCO 49ERSLIMITED PARTNERTHE MIEULI TRUSTFranklin Mieuli’s longtime interest and lovefor sports sparked his future involvement inthe professional sports teams that broughthim five Super Bowl championship ringsas a limited partner with the 49ers and oneNBA World Championship as the owner ofthe Golden State Warriors.In 1949, he accepted a position in the advertising department of the San FranciscoBrewing Company, makers of Burgermeister beer. “Burgie” sponsoredbroadcasts of 49ers football games and in 1954, Mieuli produced the team’sfirst telecast. Through his business relationship and friendship with Tony andVic Morabito, the original owners of the 49ers, Franklin was offered the opportunityto purchase a share of the club, and today still holds stake in the 49ersfranchise.When the New York Giants moved west in 1958, Horace Stoneham offeredMieuli stock in the San Francisco Giants. In 1962, Franklin and a group of hisfriends also purchased the Philadelphia Warriors and the San Francisco Warriorswere born. He became the only sportsman to have ownerships in three majorleague sports teams in the same area.FRANKLIN MIEULIIn the 25 years after he acquired majority ownership, the SanFrancisco and now Golden State Warriors were in the playoffsten times, won four division titles and a World Championship in1974-75. Mieuli is the first professional sports team owner tohave named an African American as his head coach, Alvin Attles,a member of the team that moved west from Philadelphia. Hislongtime friend has served with the Warriors as a player, headcoach, administrator, vice president and assistant general manager and in his48th year with the club, is now a Warriors’ ambassador.Simultaneously, as president of Franklin Mieuli and Associates Radio and TVProduction Co., he acquired radio and TV production rights to the Giants, 49ersand Warriors’ games and engineered games for the A’s and Raiders’ broadcasts.He produced and handled the radio coverage for the 1960 Winter Olympics atSquaw Valley with Lon Simmons, Russ Hodges, Gordy Soltau and Marty Martinas his broadcasting crew. Today, his company, managed by long-time employeeShirley Figgins Mortensen, continues to provide the radio engineering for 25sports teams, including baseball, football, hockey and basketball, throughout theU.S. and Canada. He also owned radio stations, KPUP, (KHIP and KMPX) in SanFrancisco and was an owner of KTMX in Colusa, CA.Mieuli received a degree in advertising from the University of Oregon and serveda stint in the U.S. Navy during World War II.Mieuli passed away from natural causes at the age of 89 on April 24, 2010.Mieuli and his former wife, Hilles Parish Cribari, are the parents of three children,seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Ms. Blake Green, Mieuli’sloving companion for the past 30 years, was formerly a feature writer for the SanFrancisco Chronicle and Newsday in New York.SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS \\345// MEDIA GUIDE