Ben_Tompkins

Ben Hiner Tompkins (October 4, 1929 – April 28, 2023) was an American college and professional athlete and National Football League (NFL) referee. At the University of Texas, he played baseball on the first back-to-back college World Series champions in 1949–50 as an All-Conference third baseman and was the starting quarterback for the Longhorns conference championship football team in 1950. He later played six seasons of minor league baseball in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, and then spent 20 years as an NFL referee who officiated two Super Bowls.