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8 de may. de 2018 · Pete Rozelle. 1926-1996. American football commissioner. For nearly three decades, Pete Rozelle guided professional football as the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL). Under his direction, pro football attained unprecedented popularity with the American public, as well as a level of profitability that far exceeded anything seen before Rozelle.
8 de dic. de 1996 · Alvin Ray Rozelle, nicknamed Pete at the age of 5 by an uncle, was born on March 1, 1926, in Los Angeles and grew up in the suburb of Compton. He went to Compton Junior College and, late in World ...
7 de dic. de 1996 · Dec. 7, 1996 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Pete Rozelle, who made “Monday Night Football” and the Super Bowl parts of American culture during his tenure as commissioner of the National ...
28 de jun. de 2021 · The Pro Football Hall of Fame is honoring the late John Facenda, a longtime narrator of NFL highlights whose voice became synonymous with the league, with the 2021 Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award.
6 de dic. de 1996 · When 33-year-old Pete Rozelle was selected by team owners to serve as Commissioner of the National Football League, the NFL was a loosely organized collection of scattered franchises, many playing to half-empty stadiums, each negotiating its own television broadcasting contracts. It lagged far behind baseball in popularity, and what little cohesion the league enjoyed was threatened by the ...
15 de ene. de 1984 · Pete Rozelle's job is not, however, nearly as easy as he himself seems to be. It has been four years since his last vacation, and fatigue shows in his eyes.
7 de dic. de 1996 · Pete Rozelle, the father of the Super Bowl who put the NFL on TV just about everywhere and transformed the way Americans spend Sunday afternoons, died Friday at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. He was 70. Rozelle died from brain cancer at 5:45 p.m. PST at his home. He had undergone surgery for brain cancer in December 1993.
