Top 10?

CLH · #1 (**permalink**) Sun Dec 03, 2006, 10:41pm

1) Steve Javie
2) Bob Delaney
3) Earl Strom
4) Joey Crawford
5) Jack Nies
6) Darrell Garretson
7) Jake O'Donnell
8) Ed Middleton
9) Jess Kersey
10) Dick Bavetta

Oh my bad, you said players!

CLH

Jurassic Referee · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Dec 04, 2006, 12:21am

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Originally Posted by CLH

1) Steve Javie
2) Bob Delaney
3) Earl Strom
4) Joey Crawford
5) Jack Nies
6) Darrell Garretson
7) Jake O'Donnell
8) Ed Middleton
9) Jess Kersey
10) Dick Bavetta

Oh my bad, you said players!

CLH

Mendy Rudolph-- the greatest of them all imo. He trained and mentored Earl Strom.

I was always a Manny Sokol fan. Not one of the great NBA officials- fer sure- but, man, was he funny to watch.

JugglingReferee · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Dec 04, 2006, 12:39am

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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Mendy Rudolph-- the greatest of them all imo. He trained and mentored Earl Strom.

Yabut... wasn't he around later in your life?

Who was the guy that trained Mendy Rudolph?

Jurassic Referee · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Dec 04, 2006, 07:27am

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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Who was the guy that trained Mendy Rudolph?

Pat Patterson, who was the first official to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of fame iirc. I can still remember seeing a old newspaper photo showing the old Madison Square Garden marquee. It said something like "Knicks vs Nationals tonight, with Pat Patterson refereeing". You just don't see something like that. The best word to describe his officiating style would be sumthin' like "flamboyant".