Al Jury

Al Jury

Al Jury was an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) from 1978 to 2004 as a field judge then as a back judge when the league swapped position names in 1998. Over the course of his NFL career, Jury was selected to officiate in a record-tying five Super Bowls: XX in 1986, XXII in 1988, XXIV in 1990, XXVIII in 1994 and XXXIV in 2000. On the field, Jury wore the uniform number 106 for the majority of his career and is most recognizable for the prescription goggles he wore. Outside of the NFL, Jury was also a California Highway Patrol officer for 28 years starting in 1969.

At the age of 18, Jury started officiating high school games after graduating from Pacific High School, in San Bernardino, California, where he was a four-sport athlete, in 1959. One of the reasons Jury got into officiating was to earn extra money while attending San Bernardino Valley College.

While officiating, Jury was also a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service for seven years after which he joined the California Highway Patrol in 1969.

Jury moved up to junior college and then college football, joining the Pac-8 Conference in 1972 before being hired by the NFL in 1978, at the age of 35. He thought about seeking a promotion to referee (crew chief) early in his career, but chose the excitement of the field judge position over the higher paycheck of the referee.

Jury was forced to retire in 2004 after breaking his leg during a game [cite web | first=Pax | last=Romana | url=http://www.talkaboutprofootball.com/group/rec.sport.football.pro/messages/262763.html | title=Pittsburgh Area NFL Refs | publisher=Talk About Network | date=2004-02-08 | accessdate=2006-08-05] [cite web | first= | last= | url=http://www.footballofficialscamp.com/staffbios/jury_al.htm | title=Al Jury - NFL | publisher=Football Official's Camp, LLC | date= | accessdate=2006-08-05] . He now serves as an "Assistant Supervisor" for the NFL.

Al Jury and the Ollie Butler Controversy

References

3. "Ollie: The Ollie Butler Story" by David Kniss, January 17, 2003. ISBN-13: 978-1403378606

External links

* [http://www.press-enterprise.com/newsarchive/1998/08/05/902283575.html Rialto's Jury readies for 21st season as NFL official] Soifer, Jerry. "The Press-Enterprise", August 5, 1998. (Accessed August 5, 2006).
* [http://www.referee.com/more/premium/subscriber05/fb_morewithaljury.html More with Al Jury] "Referee"


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