Signed Football

Signed football given to Brigadier General Franklin A. Hart by the 4th Marine Division championship team in 1944. As a student at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now Auburn University, Hart played football for the Southern Conference and remained a passionate football fan for the remainder of his life. Stationed in Saipan in 1944, Hart coached the 4th Marine Division team. The team won the Central Pacific Division title and presented this commemorative football to him.