This football has been personally autographed by Don Shula in silver marker with the inscription "Don Shula".

Don Shula is a former professional football coach and player who is best known as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, the team he led to two Super Bowl victories, and to the only perfect season in the history of the NFL.

He was previously the head coach of the Baltimore Colts, with whom he won the 1968 NFL Championship. Shula was drafted out of John Carroll University in the 1951 NFL Draft, and he played professionally as a defensive back for the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Colts, and Washington Redskins.

Shula was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997.