with the Pittsburgh Steelers, he refereed a Wednesday afternoon junior high game I played in at Butler High School; my school was Har-Brack which later merged with Tarentum for the 1968-1969 school year. There was quite a buzz before the game that Red Mack of Notre Dame, not to mention the Steelers was one of the officials.
And, of course, 1965-1966 was Terry Hanratty's senior year at Butler High School. I can't remember now if he had already committed to ND by September of that year or if that was still the rumor - but there was definitely a Notre Dame buzz going on around Hanratty in Butler that year. I never thought of this until just now, but maybe that's why Red Mack was refereeing the junior high game!
earlier than 66 - probably 65
He was a great guy. He would always tell great football stories and he always made you put on his SB ring.