Cincinnati Bengals
date: label: Date made
content: 1970 - 1975
name: label: associated institution
content: Cincinnati Bengals
notes: label: Description
content: Begun as an American Football League expansion franchise in 1967, the Cincinnati Bengals joined the National Football League when the two Leagues merged in 1970. The team was founded by Paul Brown, former part-owner and head coach of the NFL's Cleveland Browns.
label: Description
content: "Bengals" had been used as a team name for earlier football teams in CIncinnati.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Football
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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: 1982.0365.04
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0365.04
label: accession number
content: 1982.0365
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: ribbon: 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm