Football commemorating Eddie Robinson's 324th win at Grambling State University
date: label: Date
content: 1985
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914
label: Owned by
content: Edward Gay Robinson Sr., American, 1919 - 2007
label: Subject of
content: Grambling State University, American, founded 1901
notes: label: Description
content: This is a deflated white and brown Wilson football with white lacing. On the white side is text in black letters that reads "EDDIE ROBINSON GETS 324TH WIN/ GRAMBLING 27 VS PRARIE [sic] VIEW 7/ COTTON BOWL STADIUM/ DALLAS TEXAS 10 - 5-85." On a brown side in black text are the words "PAUL 'BEAR' BRYANT 323 WINS/ AMOS ALONZO STAGG 314 WINS/ GLEN POP WARNER 313 WINS." On a third side in large black script is the word "Wilson ®." Below in black text are the words "Made/ in / USA/ K" and "Inflate/ 13 LBS/ R."
place: label: Place used
content: Dallas, Texas, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Grambling, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Football
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Eddie Robinson Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.224.1
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 , rubber and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (deflated): 4 1/4 × 12 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (10.8 × 31.1 × 16.5 cm)