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Old Fri Mar 26, 2004, 01:20pm
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Originally posted by mnref
I noticed Haywoode Workman was working in the NBDL ...he was with the Pacers in the 90's I believe.
Woody is a great guy. Always played hard. I covered the Pacers back then, and he was always a pleasure to deal with. I wouldn't be surprised if he worked very hard to be the best official he could be.

There have been cases of former players in a sport becoming officials/referees/umpires in the same league(or another sport), I'm sure. I can't think of the names off the top of my head, but I know there was a former AFL player who became an NFL official (at least one) and baseball players who became umpires. Cal Hubbard, I think, is a Pro Football Hall of Famer and a Hall of Fame baseball umpire. I could be wrong about that, but I'm too lazy to look it up.
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