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Roger Goodell Biography
Birth Place:
Jamestown, New York, United States
Profession
NFL commissioner
Fast Facts
- Father, Charles, was appointed to replace assassinated U
- S
- Sen
- Robert F
- Kennedy in 1968
- Captained the football, basketball and baseball teams in high school, but an injury kept him from playing football at Washington & Jefferson College
- Worked as a bartender in Washington, PA, during college
- Began his career with a yearlong internship in the NFL's public relations department, followed by a stint with the New York Jets' promotions department
- Named the NFL's ninth commissioner after the owners' fifth balloting session; Goodell prevailed 23-8 over the league's outside counsel, Gregg Levy
- Established a hard line on player behavior with a new personal-conduct policy that was enforced through the 2007 suspensions of Chris Henry, Adam Jones, Terry Johnson and Michael Vick
Relationships
- Barbara House -- Aunt
- Nancy Hunt -- Aunt
- Sarah Wheeler -- Aunt
- Jeffrey H. Goodell -- Brother
- Michael C.E. Goodell -- Brother
- Timothy Bartlett Goodell -- Brother
- William Rice Goodell -- Brother
- Charles Goodell -- Father
- Charles Goodell -- Grandfather
- Jean Rice Goodell -- Mother
- Patricia Goldman -- Stepmother
- Robert Rice -- Uncle
- Theodore Rice -- Uncle