During his tenure from 1989 to 2006, Paul Tagliabue oversaw the expansion of the NFL to 32 teams.
Paul Tagliabue, the former NFL commissioner who led the league for 17 years, has died at the age of 84, his family confirmed to CBS News.
Tagliabue died from heart failure complicated by Parkinson’s disease at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on Sunday, his family said.
Tagliabue was commissioner from 1989, when he succeeded Pete Rozelle, to 2006. He was succeeded by the current commissioner, Roger Goodell.
