Category | Technical official Date of Birth | 27.01.1932 Date of Death | 01.11.2017 Country | USA
Highlights
He retired as a mortgage banker in 1997
Started refereeing in 1958
Began his collegiate officiating career in 1964 when he started calling games at the Missouri Valley Conference (Division I, NCAA)
Joined the officiating staff of the Big Eight Conference in 1965
Refereed Big Ten and Big Eight Conference games as of 1968
Called in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball for a total of 28 seasons (1964-1992)
Worked in 18 NCAA Tournaments from 1971 to 1990
Called in 5 NCAA Final Fours: 1971, 1973, 1976, 1978 and 1990
Refereed in the Munich 1972 Olympic Games
Called the Puerto Rico 1974 World Championship
Refereed in the Cali 1971 Pan American Games
Called in the Mexico City 1974 R. William Jones Cup
Worked in many other international tournaments and championships
Supervisor of Officials/Coordinator of Men's Basketball Officials at the Missouri Valley Conference: 1991-2009
Distinctions & Recognitions
Received the Ellis Veech Award, given to an outstanding official by the St. Louis Writers Baseball Association, in 1996
Inducted into the Illinois Basketball Association Hall of Fame in 1998