Paul John Tagliabue (/ˈtæɡliəbuː/; born November 24, 1940) is an American lawyer who was the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL).

Tagliabue successfully postponed games following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and took a hardline stance against the state of Arizona for failing to recognize a state holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr. by moving Super Bowl XXVII to California, and established the World League of American Football in 1989.

He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of its Centennial Class of 2020, and formally enshrined on August 7, 2021.

In addition to his NFL career, Tagliabue also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Georgetown University from 2009 to 2015.

[6] Tagliabue received an athletic scholarship to play basketball at Georgetown University and was captain of the 1961–62 team.

)[22] Two days after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Tagliabue announced that the games scheduled for the upcoming weekend were cancelled, citing the magnitude of the events and security concerns.

[24] A week later, it was announced that the postponed games would be added to the end of the regular season,[25] pushing the Super Bowl into February for the first time.

[11] In 2008, Tagliabue was selected to serve a three-year term as chairman of Georgetown University's board of directors.

[29] He has served on the advisory board of The Iris Network, a nonprofit blindness rehabilitation agency in Portland, Maine.

[30] In 2012, Tagliabue was appointed by current NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to hear the appeals of the players suspended in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal.