Commissioner of the NFL; his television policies of home team blackouts and one-league, one-network led to NFL’s financial growth. He also coined the phrase, ‘On any given Sunday, any team can beat any other team.’ Two items: original program for the Twenty-Second Annual Gridiron Dinner of Robert W. Maxwell Memorial Football Club on January 19, 1959, 6.25 x 8.75, signed on the front cover in blue ink by Bell and Pete Dawkins; and an ink signature, “Bert Bell,” 2.75 x 1.75, on an off-white trimmed card affixed to a larger card with a clipped image of Bell. In fine to very good condition, with scattered light soiling and rubbing to the program, along with a rough right edge. RR Auction COA.
