caption draftyear finalyear debutyear statvalue birth_place article_title position draftround college birth_date nfl number image draftpick statlabel
wyant from '' the 1955 monticola '' 1956 1957 1956 0-0 17 79.2 weston , west virginia fred wyant
 quarterback 3 west virginia 26 april 1934 wya118654 11 freddy wyant.jpg 36 tds-ints passing yards quarterback rating
fred wyant

frederick mount `` fred '' wyant , jr. -lrb- born april 26 , 1934 -rrb- is a former american football quarterback who went on to serve as an american football official in the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- for 27 years from 1966 through 1992 , with 19 of those years -lrb- 1971-1989 -rrb- as a referee .
wyant originally wore number 75 as an official before switching to number 11 , which he wore as a player , in 1983 .
-lrb- he also wore # 11 from 1979 through 1981 , when officials were numbered separately by position , instead of together as a pool -rrb- .
