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Super Bowl XLVII Has Clayton Connection

A Clayton attorney has been an on-field NFL official since 2002.

Super Bowl XLVII, in New Orleans, will have a Clayton connection.

Joe Larrew, a partner at , has been a National Football League line judge since 2002, according to the website, Pro-Football Reference.com.

He confirmed with Patch that he will be part of the Super Bowl XLVII officiating crew on Sunday. Larrew's jersey number is 73. The NFL doesn't allow interviews of officials before a game.

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Larrew has worked as a clinician at the Sioux Empire Football Officials Clinic, and is scheduled there this year.

The site also gives this background on Larrew.

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Before the NFL, he worked in the Big Ten Conference and Gateway Conference, and spent three years in NFL-Europe. He was a play clock operator for the St. Louis Rams from 1995 – 2001.

Larrew's officiating career began in 1978 in the St. Louis area. He worked a Missouri State Championship game in 1990.


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