Commemorative football from Super Bowl XLI signed by Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

"Game ball" football from Super Bowl XLI autographed by Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith. Ball is four panels stitched together. Three of the panels are white, and the fourth is brown as seen in a regulation NFL football. One white panel reads [SUPER BOWL XLI] followed by the signatures of Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, with [LIMITED EDITION 0 of 125] at the bottom of the panel. Another white panel reads [AN HISTORIC EVENT]. Beneath that are the scores of the involved teams and the Super Bowl XLI logo. Beneath that is [FRITZ POLLARD ALLIANCE]. Last white panel reads [Wilson] above [MADE / IN U.S.A / K] / [INFLATE / 13 LBS / Y]. Brown panel features NFL logo at center with ["THE DUKE." / Wilson] to the left and Commissioner Roger Goodell's signature to the right.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: February 4, 2007
• Created by: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914
• Owned by: Tony Dungy, American, born 1955
• Signed by: Tony Dungy, American, born 1955
• Signed by: Lovie Smith, American, born 1958
• Subject of: Fritz Pollard Alliance, American, founded 2003
• Subject of: National Football League, American, founded 1920
• Subject of: Indianapolis Colts, American, founded 1953
• Subject of: Chicago Bears, American, founded 1919
• Type: footballs
• Medium: leather
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 7 × 11 × 7 in. (17.8 × 27.9 × 17.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Miami Gardens, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Football
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2018.32.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tony Dungy
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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