Jim Irsay, who grew up around the NFL's Colts before assuming control of the team, died in his sleep at 65, the team announced. No cause of death was given.

Irsay was 13 when his father purchased the Baltimore Colts in 1972 and oversaw the franchise's move to Indianapolis in 1984. Upon his father's death in 1997, Irsay took over as the team's owner and chief executive.