
Biography
Jim Tunney had an exemplary career in sports. A former high school coach, teacher, principal and district superintendent, he had a 40-year career in officiating football and basketball. Thirty-one of those years he was an NFL Referee working a record twenty-nine post-season games including three Super Bowls, ten NFC/AFC Championship games, six Pro Bowls and twenty-five Monday Night Games. He officiated some of the most memorable games in NFL history, including “The Ice Bowl”, “The Kick”, “The 100th Bears-Packers Game”, “The Snowball Game”, the “Final Fumble”, “The Fog Bowl” and “The Catch”. His book Impartial Judgment: “The Dean of NFL Referees” Calls Pro Football As He Sees It, chronicles his NFL career.
As a Professional Speaker, he is Past President of The National Speakers Association and a Charter Member of its most prestigious group – The CPAE Speakers Hall of Fame. Jim Tunney holds every professional designation of the NSA, including the Oscar of Professional Speaking – The Cavett.
Dr. Tunney (a doctorate in Education from the University of...
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