Tony Corrente

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occupation = NFL official (1995–"Present")
Social sciences teacher (La Mirada High School)
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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 an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) since the 1995 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 of Super 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 teaches social sciences at La 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 Bowls. In 1991, Corrente joined the officiating staff of the Western 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 1997 NFC Championship Game. Tony also officiated in NFL Europe working the World Bowl in both 1995 and 1998. As a referee, Corrente worked the NFC Championship Game in 2001 between the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants. He served as an alternate (standby) referee for Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Michigan in 2006. The following year, he was chosen to head the officiating crew for Super 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.

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