Who is Shannon Eastin?

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Shannon Eastin is among the replacement officials hired by the league while the regular officials are locked out and became the first woman to be an official in an NFL regular-season game, working as the line judge in the Rams-Lions, Sunday, September 9, 2012.

She became the first female official to work an NFL preseason game last month as the line judge when Green Bay played at San Diego. The Pro Football Hall of Fame has the hat and whistle she used during that preseason game, and they’ll are expected to be displayed in Canton, Ohio.

The 42-year-old resident of Tempe, Ariz. has worked as a referee in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – college football’s second-highest level – and has 16 years of officiating experience.


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