Thomas D. McCloskey was a Philadelphia construction magnate.
Background
He became the president of McCloskey & Company, Builders, in 1961 when his father, former Democratic National Treasurer Matthew H. McCloskey, was appointed United States. Ambassador to Ireland. McCloskey grew up in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia, where he attended prep school and participated in football and swimming.
Education
He attended the University of Pennsylvania and then served in the United States Marine Corps during World World War World War II
Career
He supervised the building of, among others, the Philadelphia Mint, Centre Square, the Mann Music Center, Veterans Stadium, The Spectrum, and Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. He was chair of the Liberty Bowl, shortly before it left Philadelphia. After failing in a bid to purchase the NFL"s Philadelphia Eagles, he was granted the Tampa Bay Buccaneers expansion franchise.
He could not come to terms with the NFL over a payment method, and was replaced as owner by Hugh Culverhouse before the team began play.
McCloskey died at of cancer in 2004 at a West Palm Beach hospital.