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Game-Used Football

Anacostia Community Museum

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    Object Details

    Caption

    This football was used in a game between the Ontario Lakers and the Jelleff Boys Club in 1973, when the two Washington, D.C. youth clubs went head to head on the field. The Ontario Lakers was a sports team founded in the Adams Morgan neighborhood by Walter C. Pierce ‘because we were a bunch of kids who had nothing else to do.’ These Lakers quickly developed into a source of local pride, as they built their own fields and were active participants in their neighborhood, planting a garden in 1972 and starting a recycling campaign in 1982. As part of the Ontario Lakers team, young people could find constructive leadership in their community and transform the urban landscape, all whilst playing the sport they loved.
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    Esta pelota de futbol americano se utilizó en un partido entre los Ontario Lakers y el Jelleff Boys Club en 1973, cuando los dos clubes juveniles de Washington, D.C. se enfrentaron en la cancha. Los Ontario Lakers eran un equipo deportivo juvenil que fundó Walter C. Pierce en el barrio Adams Morgan de Washington, D.C. "porque éramos un grupo de jóvenes que no teníamos otra cosa que hacer". Estos Lakers se convirtieron rápidamente en una fuente de orgullo local. Construyeron sus propios estadios y participaban activamente en su barrio, donde plantaron un jardín en 1972 e iniciaron una campaña de reciclaje en 1982. Formando parte del equipo de los Ontario Lakers, los jóvenes podían ver formas de liderazgo positivo en su comunidad y de transformación del paisaje urbano, todo ello mientras practicaban el deporte que amaban.

    Cite As

    Gift of the Pierce Family

    Accession Number

    2017.18.3

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    football

    Medium

    synthetic leather, rubber, ink

    Dimensions

    6 1/2 × 11 1/4 in. (16.5 × 28.6 cm)

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    Anacostia Community Museum Collection

    Data Source

    Anacostia Community Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl81625b8dc-4037-4b69-b03d-b3fc246c2810

    Record ID

    acm_2017.18.3

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