Former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School
District.
Referee in the National Football League for 22 years. Officiated in the
first Super Bowl and in the first game played on NFL Monday Night Football (1970).
Held a doctorate from Alfred University. Was a high school coach,
English teacher, referee of local games, high school principal, and
area superintendent for Los Angeles Unified School District from 1971
to 1978.
His NFL career began in 1954 when then-Commissioner Bert Bell hired him
at $100 a game with a guarantee of seven games. The "weekend job" went
on to last 22 years.
Officiated in 1967 at the first Super Bowl in the Los Angeles Coliseum.
He worked three Super Bowls and 11 conference championship games and
was the referee in the first Monday night game in 1970.