The Pro Football Hall of Fame is now displaying a Class of 2022 locker exhibit, which contains artifacts of each enshrinee. Art McNally, the former head of officiating and referee, is the single enshrinee from the contributor category in this year's class, and will be the first on-field official enshrined
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Art McNally enshrinement speech will be a prerecorded video
Art McNally, the former field judge, referee, and supervisor of officiating, in two weeks will become the first NFL official to be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. McNally, 97, will have his enshrinement speech presented during the ceremony via a prerecorded video instead of a live speech,
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Art McNally, father of modern NFL officiating, is the first official in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Football Zebras names its 4th class of nominees for enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
The officiating world eagerly awaits the expected announcement that Art McNally, long-time NFL supervisor of officials, is a member of the 2022 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. If McNally is voted by the Hall of Fame voters, he would be the first officiating-related induction. As we have pointed out in
Football Zebras selects its 2021 slate of officials worthy of enshrinement in Hall of Fame
There remains an officiating controversy that has existed for decades, one that can be easily fixed if the powers-that-be choose to address it. The Pro Football Hall of Fame has enshrined players, coaches, and contributors to the game of football since 1963. None of those contributor candidates was a game official,
