Marvin Leon Warner (June 8, 1919 – April 8, 2002) was the United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein from 1977 until 1979 (some sources say until 1981) and the owner of the Birmingham Stallions.

Unfortunately, the Stallions' letter of credit was backed by Home State, rendering it worthless.

Warner was convicted in March 1987 of nine counts of fraud-related charges relating to Home State Savings Bank.

[6] Warner was “sentenced ... to 3 1/2 years in prison and fined $22 million for helping trigger the biggest banking crisis in Ohio history.” Unable to post the $22 million cash bond ordered by the judge, Warner was immediately taken to jail.

[7] When he was released from prison, he moved to an Ocala, Florida horse farm to protect himself from creditors.

[8] Born and raised in Birmingham, he served in the army in World War Two, leaving with the rank of captain.

[9] Warner died of a heart attack while in Cape Canaveral to watch the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis.

Blach that same year married Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the oral polio vaccine.