The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Annual Award Dinner [John F. Kennedy Signed Program].

KENNEDY, John F.

$6,000.00

Item Number: 124804

The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Annual Award Dinner held at The Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on December 5, 1961, boldly signed by President John F. Kennedy and college Hall of Famer Marshall Goldberg below. President John F. Kennedy gave the address at the annual awards dinner for the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. During the banquet the President received the National Football Foundation’s Gold Medal for his promotion of the role of athletics in the development of civic and political leadership. In his speech President Kennedy congratulated the University of Alabama’s football team for their advancement to the Sugar Bowl, and discussed the importance of improving the country’s physical fitness and the recent establishment of the Council on Youth Fitness. Bob Hope served as Master of Ceremonies for the evening. In this speech, President Kennedy called on Americans to participate in sports and other forms of physical activity. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.

All four Kennedy brothers played football at Harvard. Robert and Edward both were Harvard football lettermen. Joe Jr. played at the Choate School and was an active member of the Harvard Squad. JFK gamely pursued a playing role in Harvard’s football program but did not progress beyond the junior varsity as illness and injury in his freshman year curtailed his involvement.