Burl Toler
American football official (1928–2009) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Burl Abron Toler Sr. (May 9, 1928 – August 16, 2009) was an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) for 25 seasons from 1965 to 1989. He was a field judge and head linesman throughout his career and is most notable for being the first African-American official in the NFL.[1] He also officiated in one Super Bowl, Super Bowl XIV in 1980, and wore the uniform number 37 for most of his career, except for the 1979–81 period, when officials were numbered by position. Toler wore number 18 for those three seasons.
Burl Toler | |
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Born | Burl Abron Toler May 9, 1928 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | August 16, 2009(2009-08-16) (aged 81) |
Occupation | American football official in the NFL |
Notable work | Inductee in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame |
On April 21, 2008, Toler Sr. was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame. Several years after his death, on May 9, 2017, the University of San Francisco renamed one of the campus's student dormitories in his honor.[2]