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Thomas was the first woman to officiate a major college football game, the first to officiate a bowl game, and the first to officiate in a Big Ten stadium. On April 8, 2015, Thomas was hired as the first full-time female official in NFL history, [note 1] and for the 2020 NFL season, she was on the officiating crew headed by referee Shawn ...
Lily Godwin – First female player in NCAA history to record a solo tackle, as a LB for the University of Puget Sound Loggers, a D3 school. [63] Sam Gordon – Running back, Salt Lake City. Her play in a youth football league [64] led to her becoming the first female football player featured on a Wheaties box. [65]
The referee can be identified by a white cap, while the other officials wear black caps (the hat color scheme was reversed in the NFL from 1979 to 1987, and in Canadian football until 2019). During each play from scrimmage , the referee is positioned behind the offensive team , favoring the right side (if the quarterback is a right-handed passer).
Maia Chaka, 38, will become the NFL's first Black female official and the league's second-ever female official. The NFL hired its first Black female official for the 2021 football season Skip to ...
The NFL has hired Maia Chaka as the first Black female official in league history. “I am honored to be selected as an NFL official,” Chaka said. Chaka enters the NFL after working in the Pac ...
The NFL has announced that for the first time ever, they’ve named a Black woman as an official. Maia Chaka, a health and physical education teacher in Virginia Beach, has made history as the ...
Note: Years listed refer to season the official 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.
Maia Chaka 1981 or 1982 (age 42–43) [1] is a former official in the National Football League (NFL). She wore uniform number 100. She was the first black woman hired by the NFL as an on-field official. [2] [3] The native of Rochester, New York [4] became the league's third female on-field official after Shannon Eastin and Sarah Thomas.