What is Jerry Markbreit?
{{Infobox person | name = Jerry Markbreit | image = | image_size = 185px | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|3|23}} | birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]] | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] | occupation = Former [[National Football League]] [[official (American football)|official]] | spouse = | parents = | children = }} '''Jerry Markbreit''' (born March 23, 1935) is a former [[Official (American football)|American football referee]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for 23 seasons. He became one of the best known referees in the game.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/askthereferee/ | title=Ask The Referee | newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] | access-date=2006-10-16}}</ref> Markbreit officiated football games for 43 seasons. From 1965 to 1975, Markbreit officiated [[college football]] games in the [[Big Ten Conference]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Markbreit, Jerry}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Chicago]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}