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Hall of Fame NFL official Art McNally dies at age 97

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By JOSH DUBOW
AP Pro Football Writer

Former NFL official Art McNally has died after a distinguished career that led to him becoming the first on-field official inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was 97. His son, Tom McNally, says his father died of natural causes at a hospital in Newtown, Pennsylvania, near his longtime home. McNally died less than five months after getting inducted into the Hall of Fame. He spent more than a half-century as an on-field official, the head of officiating for the NFL and an adviser to the league who is credited with modernizing the practice of how games are officiated.

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