Object Details
- Description
- Photograph depicting the installation of Pete Rozelle as Commisoner of the National Football League, January 20, 1960.
- One of the most impactful league executives in the history of American sports, Pete Rozelle (1926-1996) was Commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) from 1960-1989.
- Under Rozelle's leadership, the League the expanded, merging with the rival American Football League; began the popular weekly broadcast Monday Night Football and created the Super Bowl, a championship game that routinely draws record crowds of American television viewers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Associated Name
- NFL
- maker
- Associated Press
- Date made
- 1960
- associated dates
- 1979 04 30 / 1979 04 30
- Credit Line
- Pete Rozelle
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- black (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm
- Object Name
- Photograph
- photograph, football
