About GFOA

    
     The Georgia Football Officials Association
     is the oldest and most professional group of
     it's kind in the State of Georgia.  Founded
      in 1926, GFOA is recognized as one of the
      premier football officiating associations in the
     United States.  It is composed of over one
     hundred and fifty members dedicated to the
     game of football, especially at the high school
     level.

     GFOA was founded in 1926 by George Gardner.
     Mr Gardner was one of the nation's foremost
     authorities on football officiating.  He was an active
     football official in the SEC from 1932 until 1948.  He
     worked the Sugar Bowl 3 times and the Rose Bowl
     once. After that he served as the SEC Supervisor of
     Football Officials from 1948 to 1970.  In 1987 he
     became only the 4th official to ever be inducted into
     the College Football Hall of Fame.  Many of the
     mechanics now being used in the NCAA and NFL
     were developed by Mr. Gardner.  In 1992 George
     Gardner became the first official from any sport to be
      inducted into the National Federation of High Sports
      Hall of Fame.