Obituary: Bill Leavy passes away after decades as NFL official, San Jose policeman and firefighter

Referee Bill Leavy checks with other officials along side Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel (7) during the first half of an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

Bill Leavy, a retired police officer and firefighter in San Jose and a longtime NFL referee, has passed away. He was 76.

Leavy worked as an NFL official from 1995 to 2015, then became a referee supervisor for the officiating department and a treasured mentor for officials around the country. He received the league’s 2019 Art McNally Award reflecting

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