Austin Gunsel - The RAREST NFL Commissioner autograph signed NFL football Contract for Ohio State Heisman Trophy Finalist - Bob White

Austin Gunsel(D. 1974) is best remembered for serving as the National Football League's interim commissioner following the death of Bert Bell on October 11, 1959. Gunsel joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1939. He served as both J. Edgar Hoover's administrative assistant and as a special agent for the Bureau, and during his crime-fighting career, served in the New York, Detroit and Chicago field offices. In 1952, Gunsel was hired by the NFL to head the league's investigative department, a move made in response to commissioner Bert Bell's fear of a scandal damaging the league's image. Gunsel became league treasurer in 1956, holding the post until his retirement ten years later. In January 1960 at a meeting of NFL owners, he was the early frontrunner to retain the commissioner's job, but Los Angeles Rams general manager Pete Rozelle was ultimately elected to the post on January 26 after 23 ballots.Loren Robert White (otherwise known as Bob White)(D. 2025) 8thround pick in the 1960 NFL draft by the Browns out of Ohio State.He was an All-American Fullback out of OSU and finished 4thin the Heisman Trophy Voting in 1958. He ended up playing for the Houston Oilers in 1960 when they won the first AFL Championship.We offer a 1960 NFL contract for Cleveland Browns player Loren Robert White II (D. 2025) signed by him along with signatures from Robert C. Sarge MacKenzie (D. 1979 - the west coast scout for the Browns from 1946-76), andAC Gunsel(who was only commissioner for less than a year).Additionally, signed by Margaret MacKenzine (Sarge's wife) andJames (Jim) HoustonD. 1998 College Football HOF - played for the Browns from 1960-72 (1stround pick out of Ohio State)Gunsel autographs are next to impossible to find as he was a blip on the NFL radar screens. This is a super rare piece!