- Tony Corrente
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occupation = NFL official (1995–"Present")Social sciences teacher (La Mirada High School)
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website =Tony Corrente (born c. 1952)cite news |title=Always under review |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/football/nfl/la-sp-ref23sep23,1,1731872,full.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-nfl&ctrack=1&cset=true |last=Farmer |first=Sam |publisher="
Los Angeles Times " |date=2007-09-23 |accessdate=2007-09-27] is anAmerican football official in theNational Football League (NFL) since the1995 NFL season .cite web | title=Tony Corrente - NFL |url=http://www.footballofficialscamp.com/staffbios/corrente_tony.htm |publisher=Football Officials Camps, LLC |accessdate=2006-08-06] He wears uniform number 99. His officiating career is most notable for being the referee ofSuper Bowl XLI .cite news |title=Brothers highlight Super Bowl officiating crew
url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/4515102.html |publisher="Associated Press " |date=2007-01-31 |accessdate=2007-09-27]Personal
Corrente resides in
La Mirada, California . Outside of his NFL officiating duties, he teachessocial sciences atLa Mirada High School .Officiating career
Early years
Corrente began his officiating career in 1971 working high school and junior college level games as a member of the San Gabriel Valley Football Officials Association. Between 1971 and 1981, Corrente officiated three
California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Championships and seven Junior College Bowl games.In 1981, he was appointed to the staff of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (later renamed Big West Conference) where he officiated the Freedom and
California Bowl s. In 1991, Corrente joined the officiating staff of theWestern Athletic Conference (WAC) where he officiated the Alamo, Aloha, and Rose Bowls.National Football League
In 1995, Tony was selected to become a member of the NFL officiating staff as a back judge before being promoted to referee at the beginning of the
1998 NFL season . In his three seasons as a back judge, he worked two playoff games including the 1997NFC Championship Game . Tony also officiated inNFL Europe working theWorld Bowl in both 1995 and 1998. As a referee, Corrente worked the NFC Championship Game in 2001 between theMinnesota Vikings andNew York Giants . He served as an alternate (standby) referee forSuper Bowl XL inDetroit, Michigan in 2006. The following year, he was chosen to head the officiating crew forSuper Bowl XLI .Corrente's officiating crew for the
2007 NFL season consists of Steve Wilson, John McGrath,Ron Blum , Craig Wrolstad, Dyrol Prioleau, and Don Carey.References
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