Sent to you by Tee via Google Reader: First African-American NFL official Burl Toler dies via Black Politics on the Web by The Admin on 8/17/09
Burl Toler, the first African-American official in NFL history who went on to work one Super Bowl in a distinguished career, has died. He was 81. The University of San Francisco says Toler died Sunday at a hospital in Castro Valley. Toler was a star player on the Dons famous “Undefeated, Untied, Uninvited” 1951 football team that was denied a bowl bid despite a 9-0 record because it refused to leave its two black players behind. After suffering a career-ending knee injury in a 1952 college All-Star game, Toler turned to officiating and was hired by the NFL in 1965. He became the first black official in major American team sports. He spent 25 years as a field judge and head linesman in the NFL. He was head linesman for Pittsburgh’s 31-19 Super Bowl win over the Los Angeles Rams in 1980. AP ShareThis Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to Black Politics on the Web using Google Reader - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Black Focus Inc." group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/black-focus-inc?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
