Wilson Official NFL DUKE American Football

Throughout the history of American sports, no other brand has been associated with a league longer than Wilson has been with the NFL. Not only has every NFL touchdown been scored with a Wilson football, but each of those footballs has been handcrafted by skilled artisans, both men and women, for decades.

The NFL ball "The Duke" was named in honor of American football legend and co-owner of the New York Giants, Wellington Mara. When Mara was a young boy watching games from the sidelines, the Giants players nicknamed him "The Duke," and it was only natural that years later, the NFL ball would also be named after him.

"The Duke" embodies today, with the greatest possible authenticity, this icon that has passed through the hands of the greatest players since the beginning of the NFL in 1941.