Bill Leavy was an American football official who officiated in the National Football League from the 1995 through 2014 seasons, wore uniform number 127, and was a retired San Jose, California police officer and firefighter, serving for 27 years.
14 Facts About Bill Leavy
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Bill Leavy was a 1965 graduate of Santa Barbara High School in Santa Barbara, California, and a 1970 graduate of San Jose State University in San Jose, California where he earned a degree in law enforcement.
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Between the 1970s and 1984, Bill Leavy worked several all-star, playoff, championship games at the high school and junior college levels.
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Bill Leavy died on March 28,2023, at the age of 76.
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Bill Leavy joined the Big West Conference, a Division I college conference, in 1984.
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In December 1994, Bill Leavy received a call from then NFL Supervisor of Officials, Jerry Seeman, that he was selected as one of 12 finalists for open positions beginning with the 1995 NFL season.
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On March 27,1995, Bill Leavy was hired by the league as a field judge.
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For seven seasons, Bill Leavy worked as a field judge and later as a back judge, when the league swapped position names in 1998, before being promoted to referee for the 2001 NFL season.
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Outside of the NFL, Bill Leavy was hired in 1998 as the Coordinator of Football Officials for the Western Athletic Conference and was appointed Coordinator of Football Officials for the Mountain West Conference in 1999.
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Bill Leavy was inadvertently struck in the back of the head by a player while trying to break up a fight during a National Football Conference Wild Card playoff game on January 8,2000, between the Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins at FedExField in Landover, Maryland.
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Bill Leavy was downgraded in 2013 after a Green Bay Packers vs San Francisco 49ers game after he made an officiating mistake that allowed the 49ers an additional chance at a third-down conversion inside the Packers' 10-yard line.
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Bill Leavy's performance was criticized by Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren.
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In 2010, while visiting the Seahawks' preseason training camp for an annual rules interpretation session with the Seattle media, Bill Leavy brought up Super Bowl XL.
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Bill Leavy was replaced by former line judge John Hussey.