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ACCESSIBILITYNFL replay official Carl Madsen dies while returning home from Titans game

by Caitlyn Shelton

Mon, October 25, 2021 at 4:07 PMUpdated Tue, October 26, 2021 at 9:33 AMFILE: CHICAGO - OCTOBER 14: Umpire Carl Madsen #92 awaits a play during a game between the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings on October 14, 2007 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)Comment on this story0CommentShare storyShare

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — NFL replay official Carl Madsen died Sunday while returning home from the Tennessee Titans vs. Kansas City Chiefs game in Nashville. He was 71.

Police told The Associated Press that Madsen was found unconscious inside his SUV stalled on I-65, and that he was rushed to a hospital where he passed away.

Madsen, an Air Force veteran, was in his 12th year as a replay official this season. The NFL says he was the most experienced, along with Paul Weidner, of the league's 17 replay officials.

"Carl Madsen was an NFL officiating fixture for more than two decades, first as a highly respected on-field official before transitioning to a replay role beginning in 2009," NFL senior VP of officiating training and development Walt Anderson said in a statement. "A terrific friend and colleague, Carl's love of football and dedication to officiating was ever-present, as he generously shared his time to mentor young officials at clinics across the country. A veteran of the Air Force, Carl had a tremendous spirit and will be greatly missed."

Before his time as a replay official, Madsen spent 12 seasons as an on-field official from 1997 to 2008.

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