Judge James E. Dooley, a leading sports figure in Rhode Island. He was a part owner of the Providence Steam Roller of the National Football League from 1916 until 1933, the founder of the Providence Reds of the Canadian-American Hockey League (CAHL) and also the one time Preseident of the CAHL. He became a judge when he succeeded Willis Knowles, who was a murder victim, as judge of the Rhode Island Eighth District Court in 1916 and served in that post for a year before resigning. However the title "Judge" stuck to him for the rest of his life.