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Abstract
In brief: Football officials as well as players get injured during games, but studies on this topic are scarce. The authors surveyed 81 high school football officials by means of a questionnaire to find out the type, location, and mechanism of their injuries as well as the amount of time they lost because of injury. Forty-three injuries were reported; 67.4% were to the lower extremity. The most common cause of injury was collision with a player. Almost half the injuries (48.8%) occurred during the third quarter of the game. The overall injury rate, though not alarming, indicates that officiating is somewhat hazardous.