American football officials who have experience working
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...
(NFL) games include:
Note: Years listed refer to season the
official
An official is someone who holds an office (function or Mandate (politics), mandate, regardless of whether it carries an actual Office, working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (eithe ...
began or ended career in the NFL. At the start of the 1998 season, the NFL switched position titles of back judge and field judge. Prior to 1998, the field judge was the deep official in the center of the field, and the back judge was deep on the sideline.
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Art McNally Award
The Art McNally Award is an annual award created in 2002 by the then National Football League (NFL) Commissioner, Paul Tagliabue, and given to an NFL game official who exhibits exemplary professionalism, leadership, and commitment to sportsmanshi ...
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Super Bowl officials
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American Football League officials
The American Football League (AFL, 1960–1969) had a unique take on the uniforms of referees, umpires, Official_(gridiron_football)#Line judge, line judges, field judges and back judges. With their red-orange stripes, black collars and cuffs, ...
References
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''Richmond Times Dispatch''
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Officials
An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless of whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either their own or that of the ...
National Football