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| Position: | Quarterback |
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| Born: | (1937-07-23)July 23, 1937 (age 87) Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Michigan State |
| NFL draft: | 1960: 20th round, 231st pick |
| AFL draft: | 1960: 1 Pick: First Selections (by theDenver Broncos)th round |
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| Stats atPro Football Reference | |
Dean Zachary Look (born July 23, 1937) is an American formerfootball andbaseball player. He playedcollege football asquarterback atMichigan State University and professional football for theNew York Titans of theAmerican Football League (AFL). He was also aMajor League Baseball (MLB)outfielder, andon-field official in theNational Football League (NFL).
He spent 29 years as an NFL official: first as line judge in 1972-77 and then as side judge from 1978 until he retired after the 2001 season (Look missed the1987 season). He was the side judge who signaled touchdown on the historicJoe Montana toDwight Clark pass better known as "The Catch" during the1982 NFC Championship game between theDallas Cowboys and theSan Francisco 49ers. As an official, Look wore the uniform number 49 and was assigned to threeSuper Bowls—Super Bowl XIII in 1979,Super Bowl XV in 1981, andSuper Bowl XXVII in 1993.
Look was the only official hired before1974, the year the goalposts moved from the goal line to the end line, to officiate in the 2000s. He was one of only three, along withBob McElwee and Jack Vaughan, who was hired before1978, the first season of seven-member officiating crews, to work into the 2000s.
Look was anAll-Americancollege football quarterback in 1959 playing for theMichigan State Spartans football team. Look finished sixth in the 1959 Heisman Trophy voting.[1] He was drafted a year later by theDenver Broncos of the AFL, but he played only one game in his career with the New York Titans in 1962.
Look had a brief stint in Major League Baseball, playing three games in 1961 for theChicago White Sox of theAmerican League. He had six at bats without getting a hit, pinch hitting in two games and getting his lone start inleft field on September 30 against the Baltimore Orioles. He went 0 for 4. A brother,Bruce, was acatcher who played eight seasons inprofessional baseball, including 59 games for the1968Minnesota Twins.
Look was inducted into theMichigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.[2]