Bert Coleman†
Inducted 2003
Hometown: La Feria
High School: La Feria High School
College: The University of Texas at Austin
Best Known for: Officiating – Football
November 12, 1928-July 15, 2007
Coleman was respected was he as a football official on a statewide level. In 1997, he was recognized with honorary lifetime membership in both the Valley and state chapters of the Texas State Officials Football Association.
His career spanned nearly 40 years, from 1958 to 1996, as he worked 10 years of college football and six in Mexico, including playoff games in Corpus Christi, the Houston Astrodome, Baylor Stadium and Texas Stadium in Irving.
An accomplished athlete at La Feria High School, where he participated in football, basketball, chess, table tennis, track, and drama, Coleman earned a degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1950 and went into the life insurance business for the next 45 years.
Along the way he became a well-known presence on Valley football fields and beyond, and an active member of the major statewide officials’ organizations, including SFOA, serving that group as director for a term.