Football signed by Jerry Rice
date: label: Date
content: 1989-2006
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914
label: Signed by
content: Jerry Rice, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: San Francisco 49ers, American, founded 1946
label: Subject of
content: National Football League, American, founded 1920
notes: label: Description
content: A Wilson NFL football signed by Jerry Rice. The football is tan and white with white laces and black, gold, and red text throughout. The text on the football reads: [Wilson / Official / NFL / Paul Tagliabue / Commissioner] and [Wilson / Made In USA/I / Inflate 13 lbs/V / San Francisco Forty Niners]. Jerry Rice's signature, in black ink, is on one side of the football. The football also came with an accessory mesh net ball bag (2016.66.3.1_ACC1).
place: label: Place depicted
content: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Football
label: Topic
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Gift of Dr. Harry Edwards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.66.3.1
objectType: label: Type
content: footballs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather and rubber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (not fully inflated): 5 7/8 × 13 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (14.9 × 34.3 × 17.1 cm)