Honig was born on January 30, 1942. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan,[1] Honig began to play organized sports in high school and earned varsity letters in baseball, basketball, and football, and he received All-City and All-State honors in baseball and basketball two years in a row.
Honig is a 1963 graduate of the University of Michigan with bachelor's and master's degrees in kinesiology. He was an All-Big Ten shortstop on the Wolverines national championship baseball team in 1962. After graduating, Honig served as an assistant coach at Michigan for both the basketball and baseball teams from 1963-1973,[2] which led him to his officiating career since the coaches were also officials. Many coaches at the time also officiated since coaches were not paid well at the time, making just $5,400 a year.
Honig is still involved with the Big Ten Conference in a supervisory role and operates instant replay during games. Honig also trains and assigns officials for the European Federation of American Football, which he helped establish in 1988.
In 1984, Honig started Honig's Whistle Stop, an officials' supplies company, which would later turn into one of the largest officiatting supply companies in the world. Honig started the business is his basement in 1984,[3] and quickly acquired office space a year later. Before the web, Honig's used mail-order catalog and phone sales to build it's business. Honig's has expanded its operation to eight branch offices throughout the United States and Canada, and is the uniform supplier for umpires working the College World Series. Honig owned and operated the Whistle Stop up until 2017, when he sold the Company and started his retirement.
Honig and his wife, Liana, have four children and reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Memorable gamesedit
During a 2002 game between Iowa and Penn State, Honig was chased by Penn State head coach Joe Paterno following a 42–35 overtime victory by Iowa. Paterno was angered that Penn State wide receiverTony Johnson caught a pass for a first down with both feet in bounds according to the stadium's video replay board, but the play was ruled an incompletion.[4] The image of the coaching legend running down the official was shown repeatedly on sports highlight shows throughout the 2002 season, as many found it both amusing and amazing that a man his age could run so fast. This game was also a catalyst for the adoption of instant replay in the Big Ten Conference beginning in 2003.
Referencesedit
^. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on December 19, 2020. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
^Horning, Bob (2014-09-20). "Beyond Football: The life of a Big 10 football official". mlive. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
^"Meet Dick Honig, the Phil Knight of the ref clothing business". ESPN.com. 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
^Fittipaldo, Ray (2002-10-02). "Paterno says no apology needed". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2006-09-04.
External linksedit
Honig's Whistle Stop
January 01, 1970
dick, honig, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, talk,. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Dick Honig news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message Richard Dick Honig is a former American football official He worked for 22 years in the Big Ten Conference starting in 1983 and nine years in the Mid American Conference and over 20 years as a basketball referee for the Mid American Conference from 1978 2001 He also worked two years as a Reply Trainer and five years as a Rules Analyst for Big Ten Network Working a total of 17 bowl games as an on field official Honig s final football game was the 2005 Sugar Bowl between Virginia Tech and Auburn Honig s officiating career in Division I college football spans over a total of 350 games Honig was born on January 30 1942 Born and raised in Detroit Michigan 1 Honig began to play organized sports in high school and earned varsity letters in baseball basketball and football and he received All City and All State honors in baseball and basketball two years in a row Honig is a 1963 graduate of the University of Michigan with bachelor s and master s degrees in kinesiology He was an All Big Ten shortstop on the Wolverines national championship baseball team in 1962 After graduating Honig served as an assistant coach at Michigan for both the basketball and baseball teams from 1963 1973 2 which led him to his officiating career since the coaches were also officials Many coaches at the time also officiated since coaches were not paid well at the time making just 5 400 a year Honig is still involved with the Big Ten Conference in a supervisory role and operates instant replay during games Honig also trains and assigns officials for the European Federation of American Football which he helped establish in 1988 In 1984 Honig started Honig s Whistle Stop an officials supplies company which would later turn into one of the largest officiatting supply companies in the world Honig started the business is his basement in 1984 3 and quickly acquired office space a year later Before the web Honig s used mail order catalog and phone sales to build it s business Honig s has expanded its operation to eight branch offices throughout the United States and Canada and is the uniform supplier for umpires working the College World Series Honig owned and operated the Whistle Stop up until 2017 when he sold the Company and started his retirement Honig and his wife Liana have four children and reside in Ann Arbor Michigan Memorable games editDuring a 2002 game between Iowa and Penn State Honig was chased by Penn State head coach Joe Paterno following a 42 35 overtime victory by Iowa Paterno was angered that Penn State wide receiver Tony Johnson caught a pass for a first down with both feet in bounds according to the stadium s video replay board but the play was ruled an incompletion 4 The image of the coaching legend running down the official was shown repeatedly on sports highlight shows throughout the 2002 season as many found it both amusing and amazing that a man his age could run so fast This game was also a catalyst for the adoption of instant replay in the Big Ten Conference beginning in 2003 References edit Dick Honig Receives Jerry Markbreit Award Big Ten Conference Archived from the original on December 19 2020 Retrieved 2022 12 17 Horning Bob 2014 09 20 Beyond Football The life of a Big 10 football official mlive Retrieved 2022 12 17 Meet Dick Honig the Phil Knight of the ref clothing business ESPN com 2017 06 19 Retrieved 2022 12 17 Fittipaldo Ray 2002 10 02 Paterno says no apology needed Pittsburgh Post Gazette Retrieved 2006 09 04 External links editHonig s Whistle Stop Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dick Honig amp oldid 1223909367, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
