Football signed by Jerry Rice: Museum Object and Cultural History
Football signed by Jerry Rice: Date: 1989-2006. Manufactured by: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914. Signed by: Jerry Rice, American, born 1962.
The object in the museum catalogue
A Wilson NFL football signed by Jerry Rice. The football is tan and white with white laces and black, gold, and red text throughout. The text on the football reads: [Wilson / Official / NFL / Paul Tagliabue / Commissioner] and [Wilson / Made In USA/I / Inflate 13 lbs/V / San Francisco Forty Niners]. Jerry Rice's signature, in black ink, is on one side of the football. The football also came with an accessory mesh net ball bag (2016.66.3.1_ACC1).
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1989-2006
- Manufactured by: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914
- Signed by: Jerry Rice, American, born 1962
- Subject of: San Francisco 49ers, American, founded 1946
- Subject of: National Football League, American, founded 1920
- Type: footballs
- Medium: leather and rubber
- Dimensions: H x W x D (not fully inflated): 5 7/8 × 13 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (14.9 × 34.3 × 17.1 cm)
- Place depicted: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place made: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Athletes
- Topic: Football
- Topic: Sports
- Object number: 2016.66.3.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Gift of Dr. Harry Edwards
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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