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Mendy Rudolph

Marvin "Mendy" Rudolph (March 8, 1926 – July 4, 1979)[1] was an American professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 22 years, from 1953 to 1975. One of the few basketball game officials to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, Rudolph was the first league referee to work 2,000 games.[1] and officiated 2,112 NBA games in all, a record that he held at retirement. He was also selected to referee eight NBA All-Star Games and made 22 consecutive NBA Finals appearances.[1]

Mendy Rudolph
Born(1926-03-08)March 8, 1926
DiedJuly 4, 1979(1979-07-04) (aged 53)
OccupationSportscaster (1975–1977)
SpouseSusan (1973–his death)
Basketball career
PositionNBA referee
Officiating career1953–1975
Basketball Hall of Fame

Following his career as a referee, he was a color commentator for CBS Sports's coverage of the NBA on CBS for two seasons from 1975 to 1977 and he appeared in a television advertisement for Miller Lite. He was a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2007.[2]

Personal life

Early life and family

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rudolph was raised in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[3] His father, Harry Rudolph, was a prominent basketball referee and baseball umpire.[4] Mendy Rudolph played basketball as a child and eventually chose the same profession as his father.[5] Upon graduating from James M. Coughlin High School,[3] he began officiating basketball games at the Wilkes-Barre Jewish Community Center and later worked scholastic games.[6] At age 20, he was recruited to referee games alongside his father, who served as Eastern Professional Basketball League (Eastern League) President from 1956 to 1970.[4][7] During his career in the Eastern League, he officiated his first Eastern League President's Cup championship series in 1948 and was selected as a referee in at least one game in every President's Cup playoff and championship series between 1949 and 1953.[7] At the same time, he also served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War.[8]

Rudolph was married twice during his life. His first marriage was to his childhood sweetheart and together they raised three children. But the relationship became troubled and eventually ended.[9] In 1961, Mendy Rudolph met Susan, a receptionist at the WGN office in New York City, while both worked for the station.[9] At the time, Rudolph worked at WGN as an additional job outside of officiating, which was common among referees from his era.[10] Mendy and Susan Rudolph were married in 1973.[9] Two years later, their first child, Jennifer Rudolph, was born.[9]

Gambling problem

Throughout his life, Rudolph suffered from a gambling problem[11] and was labeled a "compulsive gambler".[12] He would often spend his leisure time placing bets at race tracks and Las Vegas, Nevada and Puerto Rico casinos.[9] At that time, NBA referees were allowed to gamble, but this practice has since been prohibited.[13] As he incurred gambling losses, Rudolph was once offered by a Las Vegas gambler to erase his outstanding debt by participating in point shaving.[9] However, he refused to accept the offer and said to his wife, "It goes against all my principles. I love the game too much, respect it too much. I couldn't do it to you. I couldn't do it to the memory of my father, and I couldn't do it to myself. If I have to go into bankruptcy, something I'd hate to do, I'd do it," according to in a 1992 New York Times interview with Susan Rudolph.[9] Rudolph had cashed in his $60,000 pension fund to pay debts and he still owed an additional $100,000.[14] While he refused to seek professional help, Rudolph cut back on his gambling habit later in his life.[9]

NBA officiating career

Early years

Rudolph was recommended by Eddie Gottlieb, coach and owner of the NBA's Philadelphia Warriors at the time, to then-NBA commissioner Maurice Podoloff, after observing Rudolph officiate an exhibition game.[3][4] Rudolph was hired by the NBA in February 1953,[3] midway through the 1952–53 NBA season and he became the youngest official in the league.[15] In his early years with the NBA, Rudolph quickly became an established official as he worked playoff games within his first two years in the league.[16]

Memorable NBA Finals games

Rudolph officiated the 1955 NBA Finals between the Syracuse Nationals and Fort Wayne Pistons, which was notable for its actions by fans, fights between players, and attacks on referees.[17] Game 3 of the series, played in Indianapolis, Indiana, was interrupted by a fan who threw a chair on the floor and ran on the court to protest calls made by Rudolph and referee Arnie Heft.[17] Six years later, he made history by officiating the entire 1961 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and St. Louis Hawks with his colleague Earl Strom.[13]

Rudolph and Strom officiated another notable game in the 1964 NBA Finals.[18] In Game 5 of the championship series, Wilt Chamberlain, playing for the San Francisco Warriors, knocked out Clyde Lovellette of the Boston Celtics with a punch.[4] Celtics head coach Red Auerbach stormed onto the court and demanded that Chamberlain be thrown out of the game.[4] The latter told Auerbach if he did not "shut up", he would be knocked down to the floor with Lovellette.[4] Auerbach countered the threat, "Why don't you pick on somebody your own size." Rudolph intervened the discussion and told Auerbach, "Red, do you have any other seven-footers who'd like to volunteer?"[4]

Head of officials

As his career progressed in the league, Rudolph took on responsibilities beyond officiating. In 1966, he was named referee-in-chief and worked alongside Dolph Schayes, who was hired as the league's supervisor of officials that year to replace Sid Borgia.[19] In this position, he oversaw areas that pertained to referee mechanics, techniques, and rule interpretations.[19] It was in this role that he authored the NBA Official’s Manual and Case Book.[13]

While he served as head of officials, the NBA lost four veteran officials—Norm Drucker, Joe Gushue, Earl Strom, and John Vanak to the rival American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1969 over salary and benefits.[20] At the time of transaction, Rudolph told Strom, "(Deputy Commissioner) Carl [Scheer], (NBA Commissioner) Walter [Kennedy], and I were prepared to offer you guys the greatest contract in the history of pro basketball."[20]

By the 1969-70 season, Rudolph successfully encouraged the league to adopt a plain gray referee uniform over the traditional "zebra" shirt to de-emphasize the presence of officials in games.[21]

Final years

By 1975, Rudolph's health condition began to deteriorate and he was forced to retire after suffering a blood clot in his lung during a 1975 NBA playoff game between the Buffalo Braves and Washington Bullets, played April 25, 1975.[3] In his final game, he had to be carried off the court.[9] On November 9, 1975, Rudolph officially ended his career as a referee in the NBA, in which he officiated more games (2,113) than any official in league history at the time.[22] Earl Strom later broke Rudolph’s record and officiated over 2,400 games in his 30-year career.[22]

Post-officiating career

Broadcasting

Following his officiating career, Rudolph transitioned to a career in broadcasting. During the 1975-76 and 1976-77 NBA seasons, he worked as a television analyst for CBS Sports covering The NBA on CBS.[23] During his first season, he was paired with Brent Musburger and Rick Barry for the 1976 NBA Finals.[23] This championship series was most memorable for a triple-overtime Game 5, which has been labeled the "greatest game" in NBA history.[24] In this game, Celtic John Havlicek made an apparent game-winning field goal at the conclusion of the second overtime. The game clock had expired, but Rudolph, along with Musburger and Barry, noted that the shot was made with two seconds remaining.[25] Referee Richie Powers, however, decided that one second remained in the second overtime period.[24]

Television commercial

In 1976, Rudolph was featured in a Miller Brewing Company television advertisement along with then-Celtics head coach Tom Heinsohn to promote Miller Lite's "Tastes Great, Less Filling" advertising campaign.[26] Rudolph and Heinsohn debated whether Miller Lite was less filling or tastes great in a bar room scene. After Heinsohn refused to agree that Lite was, first and foremost, less filling, Rudolph threw his thumb in the air and screamed, "You're out of the bar."[26][27] This advertisement popularized Miller's campaign slogan[26] and the campaign was named eighth best of the 20th century by Advertising Age in 1999.[28]

Legacy

Rudolph died on July 4, 1979 from a heart attack in New York City.[3][8] Mendy and Susan Rudolph were standing outside a movie theatre entrance when Mendy collapsed.[9] After unsuccessful attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, he was taken to a hospital where he died an hour after arrival.[9] At the time of his death, then-NBA Commissioner Larry O'Brien said of Rudolph, "Mendy's contributions to the integrity of pro basketball are legendary."[14] Officials wore a patch with Rudolph's uniform number, 5, on their sleeves the following season after his death, the 1979-80 NBA season, to honor him.[1] No other official in the NBA has worn this number to the present day.[1]

Known for his charisma, personality, and iconic stature on the court, Rudolph symbolized NBA officiating during the early years of the NBA to fans of professional basketball[1] and became the most recognizable official during the NBA's first four decades.[11] Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe said of Rudolph, "If any man other than Red Auerbach ever earned the title of NBA institution, it was certainly Mendy Rudolph."[15] Upon retirement, he set a precedent for the standards that future referees are judged.[1] Early in his officiating career, Joe Crawford (later hired by the NBA in 1977) attended games that Rudolph worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and studied his style and approach.[29] Earl Strom credited Rudolph for being an influence on the development of his career in the NBA.[30] In his autobiography, Calling the Shots, Strom described Rudolph as "one of the most prominent referees because of his style, courage, and judgment. He had excellent judgment. He made the call regardless of the pressure, whom it involved, or where it was."[30] Strom later told The New York Times that "Mendy Rudolph was simply the greatest referee of all time."[9]

Strom was also an advocate to get Rudolph enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[4] On April 2, 2007, Rudolph was announced as one of the seven members of the Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2007 to be enshrined in September 2007,[13] twenty-eight years after his death. It was reported that the length of time for Rudolph to become elected was the result of his gambling lifestyle.[31][32] He became the thirteenth referee to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.[33]

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Marvin Mendy Rudolph March 8 1926 July 4 1979 1 was an American professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association NBA for 22 years from 1953 to 1975 One of the few basketball game officials to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame Rudolph was the first league referee to work 2 000 games 1 and officiated 2 112 NBA games in all a record that he held at retirement He was also selected to referee eight NBA All Star Games and made 22 consecutive NBA Finals appearances 1 Mendy RudolphBorn 1926 03 08 March 8 1926Philadelphia Pennsylvania USDiedJuly 4 1979 1979 07 04 aged 53 New York City USOccupationSportscaster 1975 1977 SpouseSusan 1973 his death Basketball careerPositionNBA refereeOfficiating career1953 1975Basketball Hall of FamePhiladelphia portalBiography portalFollowing his career as a referee he was a color commentator for CBS Sports s coverage of the NBA on CBS for two seasons from 1975 to 1977 and he appeared in a television advertisement for Miller Lite He was a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2007 2 Contents 1 Personal life 1 1 Early life and family 1 2 Gambling problem 2 NBA officiating career 2 1 Early years 2 2 Memorable NBA Finals games 2 3 Head of officials 2 4 Final years 3 Post officiating career 3 1 Broadcasting 3 2 Television commercial 4 Legacy 5 References 6 External linksPersonal life EditEarly life and family Edit Born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Rudolph was raised in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania 3 His father Harry Rudolph was a prominent basketball referee and baseball umpire 4 Mendy Rudolph played basketball as a child and eventually chose the same profession as his father 5 Upon graduating from James M Coughlin High School 3 he began officiating basketball games at the Wilkes Barre Jewish Community Center and later worked scholastic games 6 At age 20 he was recruited to referee games alongside his father who served as Eastern Professional Basketball League Eastern League President from 1956 to 1970 4 7 During his career in the Eastern League he officiated his first Eastern League President s Cup championship series in 1948 and was selected as a referee in at least one game in every President s Cup playoff and championship series between 1949 and 1953 7 At the same time he also served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War 8 Rudolph was married twice during his life His first marriage was to his childhood sweetheart and together they raised three children But the relationship became troubled and eventually ended 9 In 1961 Mendy Rudolph met Susan a receptionist at the WGN office in New York City while both worked for the station 9 At the time Rudolph worked at WGN as an additional job outside of officiating which was common among referees from his era 10 Mendy and Susan Rudolph were married in 1973 9 Two years later their first child Jennifer Rudolph was born 9 Gambling problem Edit Throughout his life Rudolph suffered from a gambling problem 11 and was labeled a compulsive gambler 12 He would often spend his leisure time placing bets at race tracks and Las Vegas Nevada and Puerto Rico casinos 9 At that time NBA referees were allowed to gamble but this practice has since been prohibited 13 As he incurred gambling losses Rudolph was once offered by a Las Vegas gambler to erase his outstanding debt by participating in point shaving 9 However he refused to accept the offer and said to his wife It goes against all my principles I love the game too much respect it too much I couldn t do it to you I couldn t do it to the memory of my father and I couldn t do it to myself If I have to go into bankruptcy something I d hate to do I d do it according to in a 1992 New York Times interview with Susan Rudolph 9 Rudolph had cashed in his 60 000 pension fund to pay debts and he still owed an additional 100 000 14 While he refused to seek professional help Rudolph cut back on his gambling habit later in his life 9 NBA officiating career EditEarly years Edit Rudolph was recommended by Eddie Gottlieb coach and owner of the NBA s Philadelphia Warriors at the time to then NBA commissioner Maurice Podoloff after observing Rudolph officiate an exhibition game 3 4 Rudolph was hired by the NBA in February 1953 3 midway through the 1952 53 NBA season and he became the youngest official in the league 15 In his early years with the NBA Rudolph quickly became an established official as he worked playoff games within his first two years in the league 16 Memorable NBA Finals games Edit Rudolph officiated the 1955 NBA Finals between the Syracuse Nationals and Fort Wayne Pistons which was notable for its actions by fans fights between players and attacks on referees 17 Game 3 of the series played in Indianapolis Indiana was interrupted by a fan who threw a chair on the floor and ran on the court to protest calls made by Rudolph and referee Arnie Heft 17 Six years later he made history by officiating the entire 1961 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and St Louis Hawks with his colleague Earl Strom 13 Rudolph and Strom officiated another notable game in the 1964 NBA Finals 18 In Game 5 of the championship series Wilt Chamberlain playing for the San Francisco Warriors knocked out Clyde Lovellette of the Boston Celtics with a punch 4 Celtics head coach Red Auerbach stormed onto the court and demanded that Chamberlain be thrown out of the game 4 The latter told Auerbach if he did not shut up he would be knocked down to the floor with Lovellette 4 Auerbach countered the threat Why don t you pick on somebody your own size Rudolph intervened the discussion and told Auerbach Red do you have any other seven footers who d like to volunteer 4 Head of officials Edit As his career progressed in the league Rudolph took on responsibilities beyond officiating In 1966 he was named referee in chief and worked alongside Dolph Schayes who was hired as the league s supervisor of officials that year to replace Sid Borgia 19 In this position he oversaw areas that pertained to referee mechanics techniques and rule interpretations 19 It was in this role that he authored the NBA Official s Manual and Case Book 13 While he served as head of officials the NBA lost four veteran officials Norm Drucker Joe Gushue Earl Strom and John Vanak to the rival American Basketball Association ABA in 1969 over salary and benefits 20 At the time of transaction Rudolph told Strom Deputy Commissioner Carl Scheer NBA Commissioner Walter Kennedy and I were prepared to offer you guys the greatest contract in the history of pro basketball 20 By the 1969 70 season Rudolph successfully encouraged the league to adopt a plain gray referee uniform over the traditional zebra shirt to de emphasize the presence of officials in games 21 Final years Edit By 1975 Rudolph s health condition began to deteriorate and he was forced to retire after suffering a blood clot in his lung during a 1975 NBA playoff game between the Buffalo Braves and Washington Bullets played April 25 1975 3 In his final game he had to be carried off the court 9 On November 9 1975 Rudolph officially ended his career as a referee in the NBA in which he officiated more games 2 113 than any official in league history at the time 22 Earl Strom later broke Rudolph s record and officiated over 2 400 games in his 30 year career 22 Post officiating career EditBroadcasting Edit Following his officiating career Rudolph transitioned to a career in broadcasting During the 1975 76 and 1976 77 NBA seasons he worked as a television analyst for CBS Sports covering The NBA on CBS 23 During his first season he was paired with Brent Musburger and Rick Barry for the 1976 NBA Finals 23 This championship series was most memorable for a triple overtime Game 5 which has been labeled the greatest game in NBA history 24 In this game Celtic John Havlicek made an apparent game winning field goal at the conclusion of the second overtime The game clock had expired but Rudolph along with Musburger and Barry noted that the shot was made with two seconds remaining 25 Referee Richie Powers however decided that one second remained in the second overtime period 24 Television commercial Edit In 1976 Rudolph was featured in a Miller Brewing Company television advertisement along with then Celtics head coach Tom Heinsohn to promote Miller Lite s Tastes Great Less Filling advertising campaign 26 Rudolph and Heinsohn debated whether Miller Lite was less filling or tastes great in a bar room scene After Heinsohn refused to agree that Lite was first and foremost less filling Rudolph threw his thumb in the air and screamed You re out of the bar 26 27 This advertisement popularized Miller s campaign slogan 26 and the campaign was named eighth best of the 20th century by Advertising Age in 1999 28 Legacy EditRudolph died on July 4 1979 from a heart attack in New York City 3 8 Mendy and Susan Rudolph were standing outside a movie theatre entrance when Mendy collapsed 9 After unsuccessful attempts at mouth to mouth resuscitation he was taken to a hospital where he died an hour after arrival 9 At the time of his death then NBA Commissioner Larry O Brien said of Rudolph Mendy s contributions to the integrity of pro basketball are legendary 14 Officials wore a patch with Rudolph s uniform number 5 on their sleeves the following season after his death the 1979 80 NBA season to honor him 1 No other official in the NBA has worn this number to the present day 1 Known for his charisma personality and iconic stature on the court Rudolph symbolized NBA officiating during the early years of the NBA to fans of professional basketball 1 and became the most recognizable official during the NBA s first four decades 11 Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe said of Rudolph If any man other than Red Auerbach ever earned the title of NBA institution it was certainly Mendy Rudolph 15 Upon retirement he set a precedent for the standards that future referees are judged 1 Early in his officiating career Joe Crawford later hired by the NBA in 1977 attended games that Rudolph worked in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and studied his style and approach 29 Earl Strom credited Rudolph for being an influence on the development of his career in the NBA 30 In his autobiography Calling the Shots Strom described Rudolph as one of the most prominent referees because of his style courage and judgment He had excellent judgment He made the call regardless of the pressure whom it involved or where it was 30 Strom later told The New York Times that Mendy Rudolph was simply the greatest referee of all time 9 Strom was also an advocate to get Rudolph enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 4 On April 2 2007 Rudolph was announced as one of the seven members of the Basketball Hall of Fame s Class of 2007 to be enshrined in September 2007 13 twenty eight years after his death It was reported that the length of time for Rudolph to become elected was the result of his gambling lifestyle 31 32 He became the thirteenth referee to be inducted into the Hall of Fame 33 References Edit a b c d e f g Marvin Rudolph Basketball Hall of Fame Archived from the original on July 14 2007 Retrieved 2007 07 29 Hall of Fame 2007 National Basketball Association Retrieved 2007 09 08 a b c d e f Kellar Jerry 2007 04 12 Rudolph s career celebrated with Hall honor Times Leader a b c d e f g h Rudolph Mendy Jews In Sports Retrieved 2007 07 29 Blake Marty An Official s Official Basketball Hall of Fame Archived from the original on September 30 2007 Retrieved 2007 08 08 Isaacs Stan 1969 02 26 Rudolph in Action a Graceful Figure The 1969 Chronicles A Sports Writer s Notes Archived from the original on 2007 10 08 Retrieved 2007 08 05 a b Phil Jackson Mendy Rudolph Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame Continental Basketball Association 2007 04 02 Retrieved 2007 07 30 a b Mendy Rudolph named to Hall of Fame The Citizens Voice 2007 04 03 Retrieved 2007 07 30 a b c d e f g h i j k l Berkow Ira 1992 05 31 The Temptations of a Man of Integrity The New York Times Retrieved 2007 09 18 Blake Marty 2007 09 07 Blowing the Whistle on Mendy Rudolph National Basketball Association Retrieved 2007 09 08 a b Fitzpatrick Frank 2007 07 25 A blow to O Hara s tradition The Philadelphia Inquirer Archived from the original on September 29 2007 Retrieved 2007 07 29 Kindred Dave 2006 02 13 For Gretzky home is where the handle is Sporting News Archived from the original on 2007 10 02 Retrieved 2007 07 30 a b c d Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2007 National Basketball Association 2007 04 02 Retrieved 2007 07 29 a b Malwitz Rick 2007 07 26 Odds are in favor of compulsive gambling intruding on the NBA Home News Tribune Archived from the original on September 27 2007 Retrieved 2007 07 30 a b HOF Speech Susan on Behalf of Mendy Rudolph National Basketball Association 2007 09 08 Archived from the original Windows Media on 2011 07 16 Retrieved 2007 09 08 Strom 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