1. William F Carollo was born on November 27,1951 and is a former American football official who officiated National Football League games from 1989 through 2008.
10 Facts About Bill Carollo
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Bill Carollo worked as an international account executive for 30 years at IBM before becoming Vice President of Global Sales for Milwaukee, Wisconsin based Manpower Inc.
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Bill Carollo began his officiating career working Wisconsin high school football, basketball, and baseball games.
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Bill Carollo joined college football's Big Ten Conference, where he stayed for ten years and included a selection to work the 1988 Rose Bowl Game.
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Bill Carollo served as the director of the NFL Referees Association, the union representing NFL officials, from 2000 to March 1,2006.
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Bill Carollo was the center of the negotiations that took place during the 2001 NFL season where there was a work stoppage by game officials.
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Bill Carollo was the referee of the Houston Texans' inaugural game against the Dallas Cowboys on September 8,2002.
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On November 18,2007, Bill Carollo became the first referee in 35 years to officiate a game for the same team in back-to-back weeks during the New England-Buffalo game.
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Bill Carollo served as the referee for that contest using Leavy's crew.
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Currently Bill Carollo is Coordinator of Officials for the Collegiate Officiating Consortium which includes the Big Ten, Mid-American and Missouri Valley Football conferences.