Find a Grave Fred Wyant (1934-2021)
Find a Grave Fred Wyant (1934-2021)
Fred Wyant
Birth 26 Apr 1934
Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
Death 20 Mar 2021 (aged 86)
Star City, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL Body donated to medical science, Specifically: His body was donated to the University of West Virginia for research in science and medicine.
Football Player
Professional Football Player, NFL Official. Born Frederick Mount Wyant, Jr. he was a multi-sport athlete who excelled at football, baseball and basketball during his years at Weston High School in West Virginia.
He enrolled at the University of West Virginia where he played both collegiate football and baseball. In 1953 at the age of nineteen, he quarterbacked the Mountaineers to a 8-1 record and the the Southern Conference Championship which culminated with an appearance in the Sugar Bowl.
Individually, Wyant was a four-year letterman and a three-time academic All-American. To date, he still ranks among the tops all-time in several statistics among the school’s quarterbacks. Selected by the Washington Redskins during the 3rd round of the 1956 NFL Draft, he served as a backup to quarterbacks Al Dorow and Eddie LeBaron (1956).
He moved on to the Canadian Football League where he played for the Toronto Argonauts (1957). After retiring as a player, he began a lengthy career as a referee, initially at the high school and collegiate levels. In 1966, he returned to the NFL and went on to a 27-year career as a line judge and later referee.
Wyant will be remembered for refereeing the playoff game between the Miami Dolphins and San Diego Chargers played on January 2, 1982. The thriller which became known as “The Epic in Miami” saw the Chargers defeat the Dolphins 41-38 in overtime. He was inducted into the University of West Virginia Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994.
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