Norman schachter biography
Norman schachter biography
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Norm Schachter
Dr. Norm Schachter (April 30, 1914 – October 5, 2004) in Brooklyn, New York was an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) for 22 years from 1954 to 1975.
Over his career in the NFL, he worked three Super Bowls (I, V, X), 11 conference championship games, and was the referee for the first Monday Night Football game in 1970. He wore the uniform number 56.
Biography
Schachter held a doctorate from Alfred University in New York and was a high schoolcoach and English teacher when he began officiating local games in 1941 in Redlands, California.
After earning his degree from Alfred in 1937, Schachter served in the Marines during World War II.
Following service in the Marines, he went back to teaching and coaching. In his other career, Schachter wrote a dozen English and vocabulary textbooks, a high school principal, and was a former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
His NFL career began in 1954 when then-Commission