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SMG executive VP Doug Thornton will receive the Joe Gemelli Fleur de Lis award for his contributions to the Saints and the entire region.
The name Saints was the popular choice in a fan contest staged by the New Orleans States-Item. However, with or without the contest, the New Orleans team would most likely have been called the Saints. The franchise was awarded on All Saints Day, November 1, 1966. New Orleans was famous worldwide as the city of jazz and the famous marching song, 'When the Saints Go Marching In.'
SMG executive VP Doug Thornton will receive the Joe Gemelli Fleur de Lis award for his contributions to the Saints and the entire region.