linesman

Hockey

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an official who assists the referee by calling offsides and certain other infractions of the rules.

Quotations

1955

. . . Flaman tried desperately to break loose from linesman Bill Roberts, who had put the clutch on the rampaging Bruin defenseman.

1963

Does it occur to the average fan that referees and linesmen skate 60 minutes every game?