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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 yesterday of brain cancer...
...more responsible for the success of the National Football League and public passion of the NFL game than Pete Rozelle," said commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who succeeded Rozelle...
...Though he would credit others, Pete was the driving force in changing the face of professional sports in this country. His vision, integrity and commitment made him the ideal leader during a period of tremendous growth for the NFL," Tagliabue said...
...forever be remembered as the standard by which all sports executives are judged," New York Giants owner Wellington Mara said. "He did more for professional football and the NFL than any other sports executive has done...
Rozelle built the NFL by linking the game with television, creating Monday Night Football and the Super Bowl, which blossomed into America's most-watched sporting event...