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2. Official (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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   Shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks, an American flag was added to the shirts of NFL officials, but was removed in 2006. The stripes were introduced in the 1920s. Prior to this, plain white shirts were worn. College football referee Lloyd Olds is credited with the idea after a quarterback mistakenly handed the ball to him. [5]

3. Penalty flag - Wikipedia

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   Officials point at a penalty flag lying on the field. The penalty flag (or just "flag"), often called a penalty marker (or just "marker"), is a yellow cloth used in several field sports including American football, Canadian football, and lacrosse by game officials to identify and sometimes mark the location of penalties or infractions that occur during regular play.

4. Referee (association football) - Wikipedia

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   In association football, the referee is the person responsible for interpreting and enforcing the Laws of the Game during a match. The referee is the final decision-making authority on all facts connected with play, and is the match official with the authority to start and stop play and impose disciplinary action against players and coaches ...

5. Laws of the Game (association football) - Wikipedia

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   The first detailed sets of rules published by football clubs (rather than a school or university) were those of Sheffield F.C. (written 1858, published 1859) which codified a game played for 20 years until being discontinued in favour of the Football Association code, and those of Melbourne FC (1859) which are the origins of Australian rules ...

6. Why do NFL referees wear stripes? - AOL

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   Zebras, piano keys, barcodes and referees are all members of the black and white stripe fraternity. Paul Lukas is the editor and founder of "Uni Watch," a site that tracks jersey trends in sports.

7. Official (Canadian football) - Wikipedia

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   A three-official system uses only the referee, umpire, and head linesman. It is common in junior high and youth football. At those levels, it is also common for the umpire to line up in the line judge's position on most plays. A four-official system uses the referee, the umpire, the head linesman, and the line judge. It is primary used at lower ...