Soccer jersey worn by Jon McCullough at the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia
name: label: user
content: McCullough, Jon
label: maker
content: Nike, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Short sleeve soccer jersey worn by Jon McCullough (1965-2014) in the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Jon McCullough began playing soccer when he was 4 years old but suffered a severe head injury while serving with the U.S. Coast Guard at the age of 19. After years of rehabilitation, Jon enrolled at American University and became active in the intramural soccer program. He was a member of Team USA soccer for 12 years, competing in the 1996 and 2004 Paralympic Games. A disability rights advocate, McCollough was executive director of Blaze Sports America which offers sports and rereational programs for physically disabled children and veterans.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The first Paralympic Games were held in Rome in 1960, a week after the Summer Olympics. This tradition of holding the games for athletes with disabilities after the Olympics continues today. These first games were for wheelchair users only, but in 1976 athletes with other disabilities were welcomed. In that same year adaptive athletes from the Winter Olympics were also embraced. The 1996 games in Atlanta marked a turning point as the first games to fully include the Paralympic athletes and events under the Team USA banner.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: paralympics
label: name of sport
content: Soccer
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: web subject
content: Disabilities
label: web subject
content: Adaptive Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0242.01
label: accession number
content: 2004.0424
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0242.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Jersey
label: Object Name
content: jersey, soccer
label: Object Name
content: jersey, adaptive sports, soccer
label: Object Name
content: jersey, adaptive sports
label: Object Name
content: jersey, summer paralympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, polyester (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 78.5 cm x 62 cm; 30 29/32 in x 24 13/32 in