Bernie Ulman

{{Short description|American football and lacrosse official (1917–1986)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|12|16}}

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| education = University of Maryland

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Bernard Ulman (December 16, 1917 – 1986) was an American football and lacrosse official.

Biography

Ulman played as a lacrosse midfielder at the University of Maryland from 1938 to 1943{{cite web |title=Bernard Ulman HOF Biography |url=http://www.uslacrosse.org/museum/hofbios/ulman_bernard.phtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031206172148/http://www.uslacrosse.org/museum/hofbios/ulman_bernard.phtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 6, 2003 |publisher=US Lacrosse, Inc |accessdate=October 9, 2007 }} and also played football for the school.{{cite web|title=The Men in the Striped Shirts|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,900511-1,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023035014/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,900511-1,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2012|publisher=Time|date=January 3, 1969|accessdate=October 9, 2007}} Ulman officiated in the National Football League (NFL) for fifteen years and was selected to officiate in Super Bowl I and Super Bowl IX. Additionally, he was one of the most well-known officials in lacrosse; his career spanned twenty years. He was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as an official in 2003. In addition to officiating, he was a salesman of sports equipment.

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