[1] Grant moved to New York City in 1924, and, starting as a hotel night clerk and part-time ice hockey referee, gained a foothold in a career on Wall Street.

[2][1] With the Mets, Grant was known for bringing fan favorite and former Brooklyn Dodgers player and Yankees manager Casey Stengel to run the new expansion franchise.

Whitey Herzog, Director of Player Development for the Mets when they won the 1969 World Series, said that Grant "didn't know beans about baseball.

[1] Grant is notorious for the contentious contract negotiations and subsequent 1977 trade of future Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver from the Mets to the Cincinnati Reds.

At one point, due to the Mets' futility on the field and low attendance records, Shea Stadium was dubbed by fans as "Grant's Tomb.

"[1] He changed the team's jerseys from button-down to Henley-style and added blue-orange-blue stripes to the collars, sleeves and the sides of the pants beginning with the 1978 campaign.

After a disastrous 1978 season, the Paysons forced Grant to resign, though he remained a stockholder and board member until the Mets were sold to Doubleday & Company in 1980.