Leo Miles
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Leo Miles (Leo Fidelis Miles) was born on May 21, 1931 in Washington, District Of Columbia and died September 21, 1995 in Arlington, Virginia. Upon graduating from high school at Cardozo (Washington, DC), Miles attended Virginia State University. Miles made his professional debut in the NFL in 1953 with the New York Giants. He played for the New York Giants for his entire 1 year career.
Miles went on to be a NFL on-field game official for 22 seasons and the athletic director for 16 years at Howard University in Washington, DC. During this time, Miles worked 15 playoff games and three Super Bowls as a head linesman. In 1974, Super Bowl VIII, Miles became the first African American official to work a Super Bowl game. Miles ended his career working at the National Football League’s New York headquarters as the NFL’s supervisor of officials, where he evaluated the on-field performances of game officials from 1991 to 1995.
Miles was inducted into the halls of fame at Virginia State University, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, the Eastern Board of Officials, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and the Pigskin Club of Washington, DC, Inc. Hall of Fame in 2008, posthumously.
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