Football Signed by the 1950 University of Notre Dame Football Team
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Leather football autographed by the 1950 Notre Dame football team. The 1950 team started the season ranked number 1 in the country after winning the National Title in 1949. They would eventually drop out of the rankings finishing the season 4-4-1 and losing three major rivalry games against Michigan State, Purdue, and the University of Southern California (USC). The team did feature (and the ball is signed by) important figures including coach Frank Leahy, guard Jim Martin, quarterback Bob Williams, and defensive player Jerry Groom.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Football
label: level of sport
content: College
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chicago Historical Society, through Teresa Krutz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0974.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0974
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0974.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ball
label: Object Name
content: autographed football
label: Object Name
content: football
label: Object Type
content: football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (laces material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 5 1/2 in; x 27.94 cm x 13.97 cm