Super Bowl 53: Referee John Parry leads officiating crew

Marc Lancaster

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The NFL has selected referee John Parry to lead the officiating crew for Super Bowl 53. 

The league made the announcement Tuesday. Parry will be joined on the field in Atlanta by umpire Fred Bryan, down judge Edgar Camp, line judge Jeff Bergman, field judge Steve Zimmer, side judge Eugene Hall and back judge Terrence Miles. 

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Parry previously served as the referee for Super Bowl 46, which saw Eli Manning and the Giants defeat Tom Brady's Patriots 21-17 seven years ago. He also worked as the side judge in Super Bowl 41, when the Colts downed the Bears 29-17. 

Three other members of the crew have previous Super Bowl experience: Bergman in Super Bowl 31, Zimmer in Super Bowl 40 and Miles in Super Bowl 49. 

 

Marc Lancaster

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Marc Lancaster joined The Sporting News in 2022 after working closely with TSN for five years as an editor for the company now known as Stats Perform. He previously worked as an editor at The Washington Times, AOL’s FanHouse.com and the old CNNSportsIllustrated.com, and as a beat writer covering the Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, and University of Georgia football and women’s basketball. A Georgia graduate, he has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2013.