Bill Vinovich, whose officiating crew was responsible for what’s widely considered the worst blown call in NFL playoff history, will referee the game Sunday between the Chiefs and the 49ers.
Bill Vinovich, a 15-year NFL veteran, is a third-generation referee. His father, Billy, and his late grandfather William Vinovich Sr. officiated college basketball and multiple high school sports.
Officials are selected for the Super Bowl based largely on graded performance during the regular season and postseason — and Vinovich apparently performed well enough to overcome his link to the ignominious non-call. “I remember his first college game,’’ Billy Vinovich said. “There was a play on the sideline and he threw his flag for blocking below the waist, and I ran over. I said, ‘You got blocking below the waist?’ He says, ‘Yeah.’ I says, ‘They’re allowed to do that in college.’ He said, ‘Oh, .’
Sean Payton, head coach of the Saints, later said he got an apology from NFL senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron. Neither Vinovich nor any other member of the seven-man officiating crew was publicly singled out. A three-sport start at Canyon High School in Anaheim, California, Bill Vinovich played wide receiver for two years at Santa Ana College and two years at the University of San Diego, where he graduated magna cum laude.
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