By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent In 1965, after beginning his officiating career working college games in the San Francisco Bay Area, the NFL hired Burl Toler as a head linesman — making him the first Black official in any major professional sports league. Toler, who died in 2009 at the age of 81, almost certainly would be proud of what those who followed in his footsteps will accomplish on November 23 during Monday Night Football. For the first time in NFL history, an all-Black crew will officiate an NFL game. The historic occasion will happen when […]

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