Autographed Photograph of Football Referee Red Friesell
notes: label: Description
content: Autograph of football referee William <i>Red</i> Friessell given to collector Edwin Rowlands. The signature is written on a glossy headshot mounted on cardboard.
label: Description
content: A former diver at Princeton Unversity, Red Freissel officated for 22 years, becoming best known for his (acknowledged) mistake in a 1940 matchup between Dartmouth and Cornell, a contest now known as <i>the fifth down game</i>l. An official in 575 professional and collegiate contests, Friessel is represented at the Professional Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Football
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edwin A. Rowlands
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0347.12.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0347.12.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0347
objectType: label: Object Name
content: autograph, football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: adhesive (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 cm x 12.9 cm; 9 1/16 in x 5 1/16 in