Roy Lars Magnus Boe (September 14, 1929 – June 7, 2009)[1] was an owner of the New Jersey Nets, New York Islanders, and several other professional sports teams.
With his first wife, Deon Woolfolk, he founded a successful women's clothing company called Boe Jests, and sold it for several million dollars in 1966.
Shortly after Boe sold his share of the team to John O. Pickett in 1978, Torrey led the Islanders to four consecutive Stanley Cup victories.
[3] In his later years, Boe owned the Worcester Ice Cats and Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League.
He died of heart failure on June 7, 2009, and was survived by his wife, Betty Broderick, five children, and six grandchildren.