Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914
- Owned by
- Edward Gay Robinson Sr., American, 1919 - 2007
- Subject of
- Grambling State University, American, founded 1901
- Description
- This is a deflated white and brown Wilson football with white lacing. On the white side is text in black letters that reads "EDDIE ROBINSON GETS 324TH WIN/ GRAMBLING 27 VS PRARIE [sic] VIEW 7/ COTTON BOWL STADIUM/ DALLAS TEXAS 10 - 5-85." On a brown side in black text are the words "PAUL 'BEAR' BRYANT 323 WINS/ AMOS ALONZO STAGG 314 WINS/ GLEN POP WARNER 313 WINS." On a third side in large black script is the word "Wilson ®." Below in black text are the words "Made/ in / USA/ K" and "Inflate/ 13 LBS/ R."
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Eddie Robinson Family
- 1985
- Object number
- 2015.224.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Type
- footballs
- Medium
- leather , rubber and thread
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (deflated): 4 1/4 × 12 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (10.8 × 31.1 × 16.5 cm)
- Place used
- Dallas, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Grambling, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Sports and Recreational
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Athletes
- Football
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2015.224.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c3229c5d-ff9e-4443-ae0c-8b3d0921abc9
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