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"The love of the game."
Steve Marlowe said it's that passion for
football that has kept him on the field long after
he played his last game as a senior at Hewitt-
Trussville High School. As a football official for
26 years, Marlowe is in the heart of the action
every Saturday during the season.
"I always knew I wasn't going to be able to
play forever," said Marlowe, Oak Grove Office
manager. "When I was in high school, Monday
Night Football had 'IBM Presents: You Make the
Call,' where they would show a clip of a football
play and give the ruling on it. It always intrigued
me. And from that point on, I knew when I
finished playing, I wanted to be an official. I
thought that's something I could do even when I
got older."
