Tom White was an American football official in the United States Football League

United States Football League

The United States Football League was an American football league which was in active operation from 1983 to 1987. It played a spring/summer schedule in its first three seasons and a traditional autumn/winter schedule was set to commence before league operations ceased.The USFL was conceived in...

 from 1983-1986 and then National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 (NFL) for seventeen seasons from the 1989

1989 NFL season

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 to 2005

2005 NFL season

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 seasons. He started in the league as a head linesman and was promoted to referee with the start of the 1990 NFL season

1990 NFL season

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. He wore uniform number 123. He is also an alumnus of the Sigma Tau Gamma

Sigma Tau Gamma

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 fraternity.

White was once referred to as Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

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 for facial similarities by former ABC Sports color commentator

Color commentator

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 Dennis Miller

Dennis Miller

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 during a Monday Night Football

Monday Night Football

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 game.

Incidents

White, in a rare instance, was fined by the NFL for an administrative error made by his officiating crew. White was fined half a game check ($2,600) in a 2003 regular season

2003 NFL season

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 game between the Baltimore Ravens

Baltimore Ravens

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 and Seattle Seahawks

Seattle Seahawks

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 at M&T Bank Stadium

M&T Bank Stadium

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 in Baltimore

Baltimore

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for not restarting the 40-second clock and the game clock after an officials' conference over a penalty call with 58 seconds left in the fourth quarter. The Seahawks had the ball and led 41-38. Baltimore was able to save its last timeout as a result of not restarting the clock, saving 40 seconds that it used when it got the ball back to tie a game it eventually won in overtime, by the score of 44 to 41.