Photograph of Pete Rozelle's Installation as Commissioner of the NFL, 1960
date: label: Date made
content: 1960
label: associated dates
content: 1979 04 30 / 1979 04 30
name: label: Associated Name
content: NFL
label: maker
content: Associated Press
notes: label: Description
content: Photograph depicting the installation of Pete Rozelle as Commisoner of the National Football League, January 20, 1960.
label: Description
content: One of the most impactful league executives in the history of American sports, Pete Rozelle (1926-1996) was Commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) from 1960-1989.
label: Description
content: Under Rozelle's leadership, the League the expanded, merging with the rival American Football League; began the popular weekly broadcast <i>Monday Night Football</i> and created the Super Bowl, a championship game that routinely draws record crowds of American television viewers.
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
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Pete Rozelle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0535.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0535
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0535.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
label: Object Name
content: photograph, football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm