FILE - In this Jan. 27, 1956, file photo, NFL commissioner Bert Bell, right, gestures towards a mural of Yankee Stadium while talking with Wellington Mara, rear left, then-New York Giants secretary, his brother Jack Mara, rear right, Giants' president, and George Weiss, Yankees general manager, front left, in New York. Bert Bell was not the first NFL commissioner. He was, however, the first to make a major impact on pro football. To call Bell the father of the NFL draft would be accurate. It also would be an incomplete assessment, because Bell was a brilliant innovator who helped carry his league from afterthought to a player among American sports. (AP Photo/File)