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Arthur B. Modell (born June 23, 1925, Brooklyn, NY) was an football team owner.
He purchased the Cleveland Browns in 1961, ran it for many years, then incurred the lasting ire of Cleveland fans by moving the team to Baltimore in 1996 and renaming it to the Baltimore Ravens. The move was necessitated by the financial distress of the Browns and Modell's Stadium Corporation, recounted in detail in the book "Fumble".
Modell, citing age and increasingly failing health, sold the Ravens in 2003 to Maryland businessman Steve Bisciotti. Art Modell retains 1% ownership and has an office at the Ravens headquarters in Owings Mills Maryland.
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