Football Gloves worn by Carl Nassib
name: label: wearer
content: Nassib, Carl
label: Associated Name
content: NFL
label: maker
content: Nike, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Defensive end Carl Nassib of the Las Vegas Raiders wore these gloves on September 13, 2021, when he became the first openly gay player to take the field in a regular-season game.
label: Description
content: Nassib played multiple sports at Malvern Preparatory School in Malvern, PA before attending Penn State University, where he made the football team as a walk-on. After not playing his first two seasons, Nassib would become a star defender, receiving numerous accolades his Senior Year (2015), named to the All-American team and receiving both the Lombardi (given to college's best lineman or linebacker) and Nagurski-Woodson (given to the Big Ten's Defensive Player of the Year) awards.
label: Description
content: Following his senior year, Nassib entered the National Football League, where he played for seven years, taking the field for the Cleveland Browns (2016-2017,) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2017-2018, 2022) and Las Vegas Raiders (2019-2021). In his professional career Nassib had 25.5 sacks and 187 tackles.
label: Description
content: Nassib came out as gay before the September 2021 season opener. In the game he sacked quarterback Lamar Jackson in overtime, helping lead the Raiders to a 33–27 victory against the Baltimore Ravens.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Football
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2024.0065.02
label: accession number
content: 2024.0065
label: catalog number
content: 2024.0065.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gloves, football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: polyester (palm; back; other material)
label: Physical Description
content: silicone (palm; other material)
label: Physical Description
content: spandex (palm; back; other material)
label: Physical Description
content: nylon (back; other material)
label: Physical Description
content: thermoplastic polyurethane (back material)
label: Physical Description
content: neoprene (other material)
label: Measurements
content: one glove, flat: 9 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 24.765 cm x 12.065 cm x 3.81 cm