Bill Vinovich

Bill Vinovich is a former American football official in the National Football League (NFL) from 2001 to 2006 and a college basketball official. Vinovich began his career in the NFL as a side judge on the officiating crew headed by referees Dick Hantak (2001) and Ed Hochuli (2002-2003) before being promoted to referee for the start of the 2004 NFL season after former referee Ron Blum returned to his original position of line judge. Outside of offi... More
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