Phil McKinnely

{{Short description|American football player and official (born 1954)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2019}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

|name=Phil McKinnely

|image=Phil McKinnely at Falcons at Raiders 11-2-08.jpg

|caption=McKinnely in November 2008

|number=73, 67

|position=Offensive tackle

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1954|7|8|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Oakland, California, U.S.

|height_ft=6

|weight_lb=248

|height_in=4

|high_school=St. Mary's (CA)

|college=UCLA

|draftyear=1976

|draftround=9

|draftpick=246

|pastteams=* Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1976|1980}})

• Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1981}})
• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1982}})

|highlights =

• First-team All-Pac-8 (1975)
• Second-team All-Pac-8 (1974)

|statlabel1=Games played

|statvalue1=77

|statlabel2=Games started

|statvalue2=11

|statlabel3=Fumble recoveries

|statvalue3=3

|pfr=McKiPh20

}}

Philip Byron McKinnely (born July 8, 1954) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the Atlanta Falcons, and then in the United States Football League (USFL) for the Memphis Showboats and Birmingham Stallions. After retiring as a player, McKinnely became an American football official, working in college football's Southeastern Conference and NFL Europe before joining the NFL in 2002 as a head linesman. As an official, he wore uniform number 110, and retired following the 2019 NFL season.

He was accused by Samari Rolle of calling him "boy" on December 3, 2007, during a game between the Baltimore Ravens and the New England Patriots. The alleged exchange occurred late in the game when the Patriots retook the lead with 44 seconds remaining. Several penalties occurred in the closing minutes, including an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty when Raven Linebacker Bart Scott picked up a penalty flag and threw it into the stands in frustration of hearing the banter of Rolle and McKinnely. After the game, Rolle vented in the locker room to the reporters, "The refs called me a boy. No. 110 called me a boy, I will be calling my agent in the morning and sending my complaint. I have a wife and three kids. Don't call me a boy. Don't call me a boy on the field during a game because I said, 'You've never played football before." The NFL investigated the accusation.{{Cite news |last=Sando |first=Mike |date=December 4, 2007 |title=Rolle accuses official of using disrespectful language |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3141124 |access-date=2007-12-04 |publisher=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press}}