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Rozelle somehow managed to convince owners of the far-fetched notion it could draw public attention.

ESPN, NFL Network take different approaches to draft coverage 2009

Said former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle in 1991: "His wealth of ideas changed the game."

AFL's Bengals became Paul Brown's entry back into NFL 2009

Today in Sports: 33-year-old Pete Rozelle is elected NFL Commissioner on the 23rd ballot.

Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2012

When then-NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle suggested in 1979 that the draft be televised, owners uniformly opposed it — fearing it would just provide a forum for agents to talk up their clients.

ESPN, NFL Network take different approaches to draft coverage 2009

This, of course, is the same Cosell who "ethically" gloated over Pete Rozelle's muscling Joe Namath during the Bachelors III affair.

Jan Herman: Writers on Fighters Jan Herman 2011

Today in Sports: 33-year-old Pete Rozelle is elected NFL Commissioner on the 23rd ballot.

Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2012

When then Commissioner Pete Rozelle presented him with the Vince Lombardi trophy, his bifocal glasses seemed to get foggy.

One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

Former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle never could have imagined the behemoth that is the modern NFL when he resorted to these numerals in 1971 for Super Bowl V.

The NFL Has an 'L' of a Problem Ben Cohen 2012

When then Commissioner Pete Rozelle presented him with the Vince Lombardi trophy, his bifocal glasses seemed to get foggy.

One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

This, of course, is the same Cosell who "ethically" gloated over Pete Rozelle's muscling Joe Namath during the Bachelors III affair.

Jan Herman: Writers on Fighters Jan Herman 2011