Object Details
- Description
- Referee William Red Friessell used this whistle during one of the seven Army-Navy football games that he officiated. A former diver at Princeton Unversity, Beginning in 1922, Freissel officated for 22 years, becoming best known for his (acknowledged) mistake in a 1940 matchup between Dartmouth and Cornell, a contest now known as the fifth down gamel. An official in 575 professional and collegiate contests, Friessel is represented at the Professional Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Edwin A. Rowlands
- ca 1944
- ID Number
- 1983.0347.12
- accession number
- 1983.0347
- catalog number
- 1983.0347.12
- Object Name
- whistle, referee
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- cloth (overall material)
- tape (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 in x 1 in x 2 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 2.54 cm x 6.35 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- name of sport or game
- Football
- level of sport
- College
- web subject
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmah_679477
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-eadc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
