Paul John Tagliabue is an American lawyer who was the commissioner of the National Football League.
18 Facts About Paul Tagliabue
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Paul Tagliabue took the position in 1989 and served until September 1,2006.
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Paul Tagliabue had previously served as a lawyer for the NFL.
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Paul Tagliabue graduated in 1962 as president of his senior class, a Rhodes Scholar finalist and a Dean's List graduate.
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Paul Tagliabue graduated from New York University School of Law in 1965.
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Paul Tagliabue has received honorary degrees from Colgate University and Northeastern University.
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Paul Tagliabue started a spring developmental league, the World League of American Football, with seven teams in North America, plus three in Europe.
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Two days after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Paul Tagliabue announced that the games scheduled for the upcoming weekend were cancelled, citing the magnitude of the events and security concerns.
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Paul Tagliabue has been praised for these politically-related actions taken as NFL commissioner:.
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In 2008, Paul Tagliabue was selected to serve a three-year term as chairman of Georgetown University's board of directors.
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Paul Tagliabue has been honored for his work with gay rights group PFLAG.
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Paul Tagliabue has served on the Advisory Board of The Iris Network, a nonprofit blindness rehabilitation agency in Portland, Maine.
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In 2012, Paul Tagliabue was appointed by current NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to hear the appeals of the players suspended in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal.
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Paul Tagliabue affirmed Goodell's findings of the investigation but overturned all players' suspensions.
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On September 4,2014, Paul Tagliabue was named to the executive board of DC2024, a group trying to bring the 2024 Summer Olympics to Washington, DC.
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Paul Tagliabue won the 1992 Eagle Award from the United States Sports Academy.
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On January 15,2020 Paul Tagliabue was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Centennial Class of 2021.
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Paul Tagliabue graduated from the Georgia State College for Women before moving to New York City.