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Eddie Pearson
Award - 1980
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Don was the Co-founder of the Hunter
Soccer Club in 1962 and was its President or Vice President for
21 years. He was President of the Inter-County Soccer League
for 2 years. This is the largest youth and amateur league in
Eastern Pennsylvania. He served on the Executive Committee of
the Inter-County Soccer League at the council of the Eastern
Pennsylvania Soccer Association for 8 years. In addition, he
served as General Secretary of the Eastern Pennsylvania Soccer
Association for six years. He was a referee in The North
American Soccer League for eleven years. He was awarded "The
Outstanding Service to Refereeing Award" by the NASL. Don
Philipson, Chairman of the National Referee Committee, appointed
him Regional Referee Instructor Region 2. He became a staff
instructor and assessor for the North American Soccer League and
staff instructor for the Federation National Referee Camps until
1995. He was Director of Assessment and Staff Instructor for the
American Soccer League and authored many of the lessons used in
instructing referees, referee instructors and referee assessors
at all levels. He assisted the National Intercollegiate Soccer
Officials Association in the development of both their
instructor and assessor programs. As National Director of
Referee Administration he computerized the referee program and
developed the referee registration form. He increased referee
registrations from 2,500 to 32,000. While Director, he served
on the National Referee Committee and authored the first Referee
Administrator's Handbook. He established the first liability
insurance policy to protect referees. |
