I posted this some years ago, but during Mack's 1965 season
by SWPaDem (2021-04-12 13:16:25)

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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!