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The field judge has sometimes been the official timekeeper, and in a number of leagues will run the game clock on a six-person crew. [19] [20] Together with the back judge, the field judge rules whether field goal attempts are successful. For the NFL, this was the fourth official, added in 1929. [18] The position is called the back umpire in ...
Burl Toler (1965–1989) field judge; head linesman (first African-American official in professional football) Ben Tompkins (1971–1991) back judge; Doug Toole (1988–2006) side judge; Jeff Triplette (1996–2017) field judge 1996–1997; back judge 1998; referee 1999–2017
The American Football League (AFL, 1960–1969) had a unique take on the uniforms of referees, umpires, line judges, field judges and back judges.With their red-orange stripes, black collars and cuffs, and AFL logos on their shirt fronts, sleeves and caps, they were not only more colorful, but easier to see than those of the other league.
The crew was composed of Barry Anderson (umpire), Anthony Jeffries (side judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Julian Mapp (down judge), Dale Shaw (field judge) and Greg Steed (back judge).
Craig Wrolstad (born September 5, 1965) [1] is an American professional football official in the National Football League (NFL) since the 2003 NFL season, wearing uniform number 4. [2] As an official in the NFL, Wrolstad is known for working Super Bowl XLVII in 2013 as a field judge. He wore uniform number 89 and 4 as a field judge. [3]
He had been the NFL’s youngest game official when he was hired as a 30-year-old field judge in 1960 and in the ensuing decades was in stripes for some of the most memorable games in league history.
Field judge Alonzo Ramsey. Side judge Jeff Shears. Side judge Lo van Pham (the league’s first Asian-American on-field official) Eight out of the 10 officials are currently working with the USFL ...
Phil Luckett is a retired official in the National Football League (NFL), having served from 1991 to 2005, and again in 2007. His officiating uniform number was 59. He entered the NFL as a field judge in 1991 and officiated Super Bowl XXXI, his last game at that position before he became a referee in 1997 after Red Cashion and Howard Roe announced their retirements.