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wanja Tue Sep 14, 2010 09:31pm
who are these refs?
 
I'm sharing a request to help identify these refs from a 1978 picture.

http://phillyref.com/basketball/nbar...reenbarefs.jpg

tjones1 Tue Sep 14, 2010 09:45pm
The one in the middle looks like Gene Hackman. ;)

Mark Padgett Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:29pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by tjones1 (Post 692355)
The one in the middle looks like Gene Hackman. ;)
Actually, he looks like Jim Bouton. :eek:

grunewar Wed Sep 15, 2010 04:46am
Ooh, I'll play
 
A younger Pat Tilman, a thinner Bill Clinton, and a shorter Artis Gilmore. :rolleyes:

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. Wed Sep 15, 2010 07:25am
Quote:
Originally Posted by grunewar (Post 692379)
A younger Pat Tilman, a thinner Bill Clinton, and a shorter Artis Gilmore. :rolleyes:

Which one is the shorter Artis Gilmore: The center one or the one on the right (no, I mean your other right, :D).

MTD, Sr.

grunewar Wed Sep 15, 2010 07:34am
C'mon Sr!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. (Post 692384)
Which one is the shorter Artis Gilmore: The center one or the one on the right (no, I mean your other right, :D).

MTD, Sr.
With that stache and sideburns, I nailed it! He's just not seven feet tall is all. :p

PS - As we say in the military, right as in facing!

johnSandlin Wed Sep 15, 2010 07:47am
Darryl Garretson, Jack Madden, and Hugh Evans (I think)

SamIAm Wed Sep 15, 2010 08:24am
Quote:
Originally Posted by wanja (Post 692353)
I'm sharing a request to help identify these refs from a 1978 picture.

http://phillyref.com/basketball/nbar...reenbarefs.jpg
Pretty sure the official on the right is Jim Capers Sr.
(deduced educated guess)

bainsey Wed Sep 15, 2010 09:56am
Just as interesting, where was this taken? It looks like a place they would place exhibition games, as opposed to an actual NBA arena.

MD Longhorn Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:47am
Isn't that Moe, Larry and either Curly or Shemp (or Joe!)?

Jurassic Referee Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:57am
Quote:
Originally Posted by mbcrowder (Post 692419)
Isn't that Moe, Larry and either Curly or Shemp (or Joe!)?
What about Curly Joe? :eek:

Moe Howard
Larry Fine
and...
Curly Howard
Shemp Howard
Joe Besser
and...
Curly Joe Derita

You have to know the important things in life. Whointhehell cares about some old NBA refs from '78? :D

Mark Padgett Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:58am
Are you sure of the year this was taken? The NBA didn't start using three officials until 1988.

Jurassic Referee Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:00am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 692422)
Are you sure of the year this was taken? The NBA didn't start using three officials until 1988.
Could have been a playoff game with a stand-by official.

Judtech Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:04am
Quote:
Originally Posted by wanja (Post 692353)
I'm sharing a request to help identify these refs from a 1978 picture.

http://phillyref.com/basketball/nbar...reenbarefs.jpg
I was going with (L to R) Young Coach K, Dan Patrick and Samuel L Jackson

JRutledge Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:17am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Judtech (Post 692424)
I was going with (L to R) Young Coach K, Dan Patrick and Samuel L Jackson
There has got to be more brothas than Samuel L Jackson. :)

Peace

Judtech Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:27am
Quote:
Originally Posted by JRutledge (Post 692426)
There has got to be more brothas than Samuel L Jackson. :)

Peace
I was going to go with Richard Roundtree (the ORIGINAL Shaft) but thought the name might be a bit to vague. So I went with his 'replacement'!

JRutledge Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:29am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Judtech (Post 692427)
I was going to go with Richard Roundtree (the ORIGINAL Shaft) but thought the name might be a bit to vague. So I went with his 'replacement'!
At that time that is what Roundtree's hair looked like. :D

Peace

Mark Padgett Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:52am
I'm telling ya' - the guy in the middle is Jim Bouton!

http://content.answcdn.com/main/cont...Jim_Bouton.jpg

eg-italy Wed Sep 15, 2010 01:12pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 692422)
Are you sure of the year this was taken? The NBA didn't start using three officials until 1988.
Advent Of The Third Referee - Hoopedia
Quote:
During the 1978-79 season, the NBA added a third referee on an experimental basis. The following season, 1979-80, the NBA did not retain the three-referee experiment. In 1988-89, the NBA decided to permanently add a third referee for all games.
Ciao

JRutledge Wed Sep 15, 2010 01:48pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 692439)
I'm telling ya' - the guy in the middle is Jim Bouton!

http://content.answcdn.com/main/cont...Jim_Bouton.jpg
They all look alike to me anyway. I agree it is Jim Bouton. :D

Peace

tjones1 Wed Sep 15, 2010 05:04pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee (Post 692421)
What about Curly Joe? :eek:

Moe Howard
Larry Fine
and...
Curly Howard
Shemp Howard
<s>Joe Besser</s>
and...
<s>Curly Joe Derita</s>

You have to know the important things in life. Whointhehell cares about some old NBA refs from '78? :D
Don't waste your time with the ones crossed out. ;)

BktBallRef Wed Sep 15, 2010 05:56pm
I believe the guy on the left is Garretson, before his hair grayed.

The middle guy is definitely Jack Madden.

I think the guy on the right is too tall to be Capers Sr. I'm thinking Hugh Evans.

mbyron Wed Sep 15, 2010 06:20pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by BktBallRef (Post 692488)
I believe the guy on the left is Garretson, before his hair grayed.

The middle guy is definitely Jack Madden.

I think the guy on the right is too tall to be Capers Sr. I'm thinking Hugh Evans.
Man, I had no idea you were so old. :D

wanja Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:44pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 692422)
Are you sure of the year this was taken? The NBA didn't start using three officials until 1988.
78 or maybe 79 based on the source article at Sportscaster Cards Database


Quote:
Originally Posted by BktBallRef (Post 692488)
I believe the guy on the left is Garretson, before his hair grayed.

The middle guy is definitely Jack Madden.

I think the guy on the right is too tall to be Capers Sr. I'm thinking Hugh Evans.

http://phillyref.com/basketball/nbar...reenbarefs.jpg

As of now, I'm going with Darrel Garreston and Madden. Not convinced on the shaft-do (third) guy. Here are pictures of Garretson, Hugh Evans and Capers Jr.


http://phillyref.com/basketball/nbar..._garretson.jpg


http://phillyref.com/basketball/nbarefs/hugh_evans.jpg



http://phillyref.com/basketball/nbar...mes_capers.jpg


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