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Ed Camp (2000–present) head linesman; Mike Carr (2017–present) line judgeGary Cavaletto (2003–present) field judge 2003–2014; side judge 2015–present; Boris Cheek (1996–present) back judge 1996–1997; field judge 1998–2010, 2012–2013, 2015; side judge 2011, 2014, 2016–present
Jim Tunney (March 3, 1929 – December 12, 2024) was an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) from 1960 to 1990. In his 31 years as an NFL official, Tunney received a record 29 post-season assignments, including ten Championship games and Super Bowls VI, XI and XII and named as an alternate in Super Bowl XVIII.
The National Football League Referees Association (NFLRA), established in 1972 as the Professional Football Referees Association is a labor union that serves as the collective bargaining agency for game officials with the National Football League (NFL). The NFLRA has been involved in two work stoppages, lock outs taking place in 2001 and 2012.
A pioneering figure in the NFL world passed away at the age of 74 on Wednesday. Johnny Grier, the league’s first black referee, broke through the officials color-barrier in 1981; and spent 24 ...
Johnny Grier (April 16, 1947 – March 8, 2022) was an American football official for 23 years in the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 2004. He began in the NFL as a field judge before becoming the first African-American referee in the history of the NFL with the start of the 1988 NFL season.
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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.
He wears uniform number 14. He entered the league in the 2015 season as an umpire, and was promoted to referee for the 2018 season, following the retirements of Terry McAulay and Gene Steratore. Smith becomes only the sixth African American referee in NFL history, following Johnny Grier, Mike Carey, Jerome Boger, Don Carey and Ronald Torbert. [1]