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'''Jim Tunney''' (born March 3, 1929) is a former [[Official ( |
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| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S. |
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| education = [[Occidental College]] |
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| ⚫ | '''Jim Tunney''' (born March 3, 1929) is a former [[Official (gridiron football)|American football official]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) from 1960 to 1990. In his 31 years as an NFL official, Tunney received a record 29 post-season assignments, including ten Championship games and [[Super Bowl]]s [[Super Bowl VI|VI]], [[Super Bowl XI|XI]] and [[Super Bowl XII|XII]] and named as an alternate in [[Super Bowl XVIII]]. He remains the only referee who has worked consecutive Super Bowls and likely will be the only one to do so. |
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Following [[Ben Dreith]]'s death in April 2021, Tunney is the only referee from the first 16 Super Bowls who is still alive. |
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Nicknamed the "Dean of NFL Referees", Tunney was the first official to be named to the "[[All-Madden Team]]" in 1990 and won the "Gold Whistle Award" in 1992 from the [[National Association of Sports Officials]] (NASO). |
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==Life and career== |
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| ⚫ | Nicknamed the "Dean of NFL Referees",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schultz |first=Mark |date=2019-03-03 |title=Happy 90th birthday, Jim Tunney! |url=https://www.footballzebras.com/2019/03/happy-90th-birthday-jim-tunney/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=Football Zebras |language=en-US}}</ref> Tunney was the first official to be named to the "[[All-Madden Team]]" in 1990 and won the "Gold Whistle Award" in 1992 from the [[National Association of Sports Officials]] (NASO). He wore uniform number 32 for most of his career but when the NFL numbered each position separately from 1979 through 1981 rather than assigning one number per official, he wore number 3. Tunney's trademark signal upon a successful field goal, or extra point, featured raising his arms with fists clenched then opening both fists simultaneously to indicate the attempt as "good". |
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Officials who worked on Tunney's crew for many years included former NFL great [[Pat Harder]] at umpire and head linesman [[Burl Toler]], the NFL's first African-American official. |
Officials who worked on Tunney's crew for many years included former NFL great [[Pat Harder]] at umpire and head linesman [[Burl Toler]], the NFL's first African-American official. |
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Tunney graduated from Franklin High School in Los Angeles class of 1947 then after he graduated from nearby [[Occidental College]] in 1951, Tunney began officiating [[American football|football]] and [[basketball]] working high school, college and [[Pacific Coast Conference]] (Pac-10) games until 1967. In 1960, he was hired to work in the NFL as a field judge before being promoted to the referee position in [[1967 NFL season|1967]] where he would stay for the remainder of his career until retiring after the [[1990 NFL season]]. His final game was the 1990 [[AFC Championship Game]] between the [[Buffalo Bills]] and [[Los Angeles Raiders]] played January 20, 1991. He currently works on the NFL officiating staff as an Observer, attending games each week helping with improvement of the current game officials. |
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Still active in league affairs and many sports issues, Tunney was a member of [[Paul Tagliabue|Commissioner Tagliabue's]] Officiating 2000 Committee |
Still active in league affairs and many sports issues, Tunney was a member of [[Paul Tagliabue|Commissioner Tagliabue's]] Officiating 2000 Committee and was Vice Chair of the [[U.S. Olympic Committee]] for Northern [[California]] ([[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney 2000 Games]]). In 1993, he founded the [http://www.jimtunney.com/youth.html Jim Tunney Youth Foundation], which supports community programs and resources that work with youth to develop leadership, work skills, wellness and self-esteem. He writes a weekly column for the ''[[The Monterey County Herald|Monterey Herald]]'' and is a motivational speaker. |
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Jim Tunney was the Boys' Vice Principal at Abraham Lincoln High School in the City of Los Angeles, California. |
Jim Tunney was the Boys' Vice Principal at Abraham Lincoln High School in the City of Los Angeles, California. He also served as the Principal of Fairfax High School in Los Angeles from 1964to1970. |
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==Memorable games== |
==Memorable games== |
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Here is a listing of some notable games Tunney was involved in: |
Here is a listing of some notable games Tunney was involved in: |
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*"[[1965 NFL playoffs#Western Conference playoff|The Field Goal]]" - Baltimore at Green Bay (December 26, 1965) - field judge |
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*"[[1967 NFL Championship Game|The Ice Bowl]]" - Dallas at Green Bay (December 31, 1967) - alternate referee |
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*"[[Tom Dempsey|The Kick]]" - Detroit at New Orleans (November 8, 1970) |
*"[[Tom Dempsey|The Kick]]" - Detroit at New Orleans (November 8, 1970) |
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*[[1979–80 NFL playoffs#AFC championship game|1979 AFC championship game]] - Houston at Pittsburgh (January 6, 1980) (In this game, Oilers wide receiver [[Mike Renfro]] was ruled to have been out of bounds on an apparent touchdown pass from [[Dan Pastorini]] late in the third quarter that would have tied the game. Replays showed that Renfro got both feet down inbounds, but Houston had to settle for a field goal.) |
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*"[[The Catch (American football)|The Catch]]" - Dallas at San Francisco (January 10, 1982) |
*"[[The Catch (American football)|The Catch]]" - Dallas at San Francisco (January 10, 1982) |
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*"The 100th Game" - Green Bay at Chicago (November 20, 1983) |
*"The 100th Game" - Green Bay at Chicago (November 20, 1983) |
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*"[[Snowball Game|The Snowball Game]]" - San Francisco at Denver (November 11, 1985) |
*"[[Snowball Game (1985)|The Snowball Game]]" - San Francisco at Denver (November 11, 1985) |
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*"[[The Fumble]]" - Cleveland at Denver (January 17, 1988) |
*"[[The Fumble]]" - Cleveland at Denver (January 17, 1988) |
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*"[[Fog Bowl (American football)|The Fog Bowl]]" - Philadelphia at Chicago (December 31, 1988) |
*"[[Fog Bowl (American football)|The Fog Bowl]]" - Philadelphia at Chicago (December 31, 1988) |
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==Other game notes== |
==Other game notes== |
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* Tunney is the last referee to conduct the coin toss for the Super Bowl, and was also the first referee to supervise a coin toss conducted by a special guest. Prior to [[Super Bowl XII]], [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] running back [[Red Grange]] tossed the coin at the [[Louisiana Superdome]]. |
* Tunney is the last referee to conduct the coin toss for the Super Bowl, and was also the first referee to supervise a coin toss conducted by a special guest. Prior to [[Super Bowl XII]], [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] running back [[Red Grange]] tossed the coin at the [[Louisiana Superdome]]. |
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* During the 1987 AFC Championship game, two legendary referees were on the field when [[Earnest Byner]] fumbled near the goal line late in the contest. Alternate referee [[Jerry Seeman]] was forced to take over at field judge (now back judge) when Dick Dolack, the regular field judge who was also a long-time member of Tunney's regular season crew, pulled his hamstring on a long touchdown pass from [[John Elway]] to [[Mark Jackson ( |
* During the 1987 AFC Championship game, two legendary referees were on the field when [[Earnest Byner]] fumbled near the goal line late in the contest. Alternate referee [[Jerry Seeman]] was forced to take over at field judge (now back judge) when Dick Dolack, the regular field judge who was also a long-time member of Tunney's regular season crew, pulled his hamstring on a long touchdown pass from [[John Elway]] to [[Mark Jackson (wide receiver)|Mark Jackson]]. Seeman gave the initial signal that Denver's [[Jeremiah Castille]] recovered Byner's fumble. |
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* Tunney would indicate a successful field goal or PAT by raising both arms with fists clenched, followed by unclenching his fists and extending all ten fingers upward. |
* Tunney would indicate a successful field goal or PAT by raising both arms with fists clenched, followed by unclenching his fists and extending all ten fingers upward. |
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*Tunney worked as the referee for 14 episodes of Battle of the Network Stars.<ref>{{cite news |last=Farmer |first=Sam |date=February 9, 2024 |title=Upon further review: ‘In the world of officiating, Jim Tunney is Babe Ruth’ |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2024-02-09/nfl-officiating-jim-tunney-super-bowl-referee-legend |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=June 12, 2024}}</ref> |
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*Tunney worked as the referee for the i8 editions of Battle of the Network Stars. |
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*As of 2021, Tunney is the only referee from the [[1970 NFL season|1970 season]], the first following the [[AFL-NFL merger]], still living. |
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==Educator== |
==Educator== |
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Off the field, Tunney |
Off the field, Tunney had a long career as an educator and school administrator,<ref>[http://www.jimtunney.com/resume.html Jim Tunney, motivational speaker, leadership skills and team building]</ref> starting out in 1951 as a teacher at Los Angeles' [[Lincoln High School (Los Angeles)|Lincoln High School]], later becoming vice principal from 1959 to 1964. He then served as a principal of Los Angeles high schools [[Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)|Fairfax]] (1964–1970), [[Franklin High School (Los Angeles)|Franklin]] (1972–1973), and [[Hollywood High School]] (1973–74). He became assistant superintendent of secondary education for the [[Bellflower Unified School District]] in 1975 and served as the district's superintendent in 1977. He left education for 16 years before becoming headmaster from 1993 to 1994 of the [[York School (California)|York School]] in [[Monterey, California]], joining the school's board of trustees in 1995 and remaining in that post to this day. He also joined the board of trustees for [[Monterey Peninsula College]] in 1997 and served on that board until 2009 (12 years - 6 of which were as board chair. He was awarded MPC's President's Award in 2009 - only the third so named as well as 2009 Public Official of the Year by the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. In 2011, he was inducted into the Fairfax High School Hall of Fame (the only administrator so inducted). In 2011, he was also inducted into the California Community Coaches Hall of Fame. |
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==Books by Tunney== |
==Books by Tunney== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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[[Category:Occidental Tigers football players]] |
[[Category:Occidental Tigers football players]] |
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[[Category:People from the San Gabriel Valley]] |
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[[Category:20th-century American educators]] |
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[[Category:University of Southern California alumni]] |
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Jim Tunney
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| Born | (1929-03-03) March 3, 1929 (age 95)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Education | Occidental College |
| Occupation | NFL official (1960–1990) |
Jim Tunney (born March 3, 1929) is a former American football official in the National Football League (NFL) from 1960 to 1990. In his 31 years as an NFL official, Tunney received a record 29 post-season assignments, including ten Championship games and Super Bowls VI, XI and XII and named as an alternate in Super Bowl XVIII. He remains the only referee who has worked consecutive Super Bowls and likely will be the only one to do so.
Following Ben Dreith's death in April 2021, Tunney is the only referee from the first 16 Super Bowls who is still alive.
Nicknamed the "Dean of NFL Referees",[1] Tunney was the first official to be named to the "All-Madden Team" in 1990 and won the "Gold Whistle Award" in 1992 from the National Association of Sports Officials (NASO). He wore uniform number 32 for most of his career but when the NFL numbered each position separately from 1979 through 1981 rather than assigning one number per official, he wore number 3. Tunney's trademark signal upon a successful field goal, or extra point, featured raising his arms with fists clenched then opening both fists simultaneously to indicate the attempt as "good".
Officials who worked on Tunney's crew for many years included former NFL great Pat Harder at umpire and head linesman Burl Toler, the NFL's first African-American official.
Tunney graduated from Franklin High School in Los Angeles class of 1947 then after he graduated from nearby Occidental College in 1951, Tunney began officiating football and basketball working high school, college and Pacific Coast Conference (Pac-10) games until 1967. In 1960, he was hired to work in the NFL as a field judge before being promoted to the referee position in 1967 where he would stay for the remainder of his career until retiring after the 1990 NFL season. His final game was the 1990 AFC Championship Game between the Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Raiders played January 20, 1991. He currently works on the NFL officiating staff as an Observer, attending games each week helping with improvement of the current game officials.
Still active in league affairs and many sports issues, Tunney was a member of Commissioner Tagliabue's Officiating 2000 Committee and was Vice Chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee for Northern California (Sydney 2000 Games). In 1993, he founded the Jim Tunney Youth Foundation, which supports community programs and resources that work with youth to develop leadership, work skills, wellness and self-esteem. He writes a weekly column for the Monterey Herald and is a motivational speaker.
Jim Tunney was the Boys' Vice Principal at Abraham Lincoln High School in the City of Los Angeles, California. He also served as the Principal of Fairfax High School in Los Angeles from 1964 to 1970.
Here is a listing of some notable games Tunney was involved in:
Off the field, Tunney had a long career as an educator and school administrator,[3] starting out in 1951 as a teacher at Los Angeles' Lincoln High School, later becoming vice principal from 1959 to 1964. He then served as a principal of Los Angeles high schools Fairfax (1964–1970), Franklin (1972–1973), and Hollywood High School (1973–74). He became assistant superintendent of secondary education for the Bellflower Unified School District in 1975 and served as the district's superintendent in 1977. He left education for 16 years before becoming headmaster from 1993 to 1994 of the York SchoolinMonterey, California, joining the school's board of trustees in 1995 and remaining in that post to this day. He also joined the board of trustees for Monterey Peninsula College in 1997 and served on that board until 2009 (12 years - 6 of which were as board chair. He was awarded MPC's President's Award in 2009 - only the third so named as well as 2009 Public Official of the Year by the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. In 2011, he was inducted into the Fairfax High School Hall of Fame (the only administrator so inducted). In 2011, he was also inducted into the California Community Coaches Hall of Fame.
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