Tom Sifferman
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Tom Sifferman is an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) since the 1986 NFL season. Sifferman is notable for being the only official in NFL history assigned to three consecutive Super Bowls, which include Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003, Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004, and Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005. He serves as a field judge and wears the uniform number 118.
Sifferman is a native of Seattle, Washington and is a 1961 graduate of Seattle Preparatory School. He is a retired manufacturer representative for a steel and aluminum products company. Sifferman resides in Bend, Oregon.
During the 2006 NFL season, Sifferman is a field judge on the officiating crew headed by referee Ed Hochuli.
[edit] Memorable Games
- Sifferman was the field judge during a 1988 NFL season game on December 31 between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears at Soldier Field played under heavy fog. This game would become known in NFL lore as the "Fog Bowl" [1].