Jim Finks, general manager of the Minnesota Vikings professional football team smiles durig a news conference at which time he announced that head coach Norm Van Brocklin had changed his mind and was returning to the team, in St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 16, 1965. Van Brocklin had suddenly announced his resignation one day earlier. (Associated Press)

New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson (center) in 1986 with new head coach Jim Mora, first-round draft pick Jim Dombrowski, second-round draft pick Dalton Hilliard, and new general manager Jim Finks. (National Football League)

Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Steve Largent (center), Lee Roy Selmon (second from right), and Kellen Winslow (right) with Jim Finks, Jr., and Olive Frey (representing inductees Jim Finks and Henry Jordan respectively) at the NFL Pro Bowl. (National Football League)

The Chicago Bears administrative staff, including director of administration Bill McGrane, general manager Jim Finks, personnel boss Bill Tobin, and director of college scouting Jim Parmer, circa 1979.. (National Football League)

The 1995 Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinees pose for a photograph after ceremonies Saturday, July 29, 1995, in Canton, Ohio. They are, from left to right, Henry Jordan, Jr., Steve Largent, Jim Finks Jr., Lee Roy Selmon and Kellen Winslow. Jordan and Finks were accepting for their fathers. (Mark Duncan/Associated Press)

Retiring NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, right, announces July 7, 1989 in Chicago that Jim Finks, president and general manager for the New Orleans Saints, did not receive the necessary 19 votes from the 28 owners to be named the next NFL commissioner. Lamar Hunt, left, a member of the six-man screening committee that nominated Finks said, "Speaking for the committee, our position is that we still feel Jim Finks is the best man for the job." (Ralf-Finn Hestoft/Associated Press)

Chicago Bears owner George Halas, left, and general manager Jim Finks, center, pose with Jack Pardee, recently-named coach of the Bears, at a press conference in Chicago, Dec. 3, 1974. Pardee replaces Abe Gibron, who was fired along with his entire coaching staff. (Larry Stoddard/Associated Press)

Jim Finks, quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League, demonstrates his passing grip for Sister Mary Jonatha of the Sisters of Mercy Order, Rochester, N.Y., while in training at St. Bonaventure College at Olean, New York on July 28, 1955. (Walter Stein/Associated Press)

Jim Finks, quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League, demonstrates his passing grip for Sister Mary Jonatha of the Sisters of Mercy Order, Rochester, N.Y., while in training at St. Bonaventure College at Olean, New York on July 28, 1955. (Walter Stein/Associated Press)

Minnesota Vikings National Football League official general manager Jim Finks speaks at a news conference following the announcement that head coach Norm Van Brocklin had suddenly resigned in St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 15, 1965. (Gene Herrick/Associated Press)