Eastern Board of Officials, Inc

The Eastern Board of Officials (EBO) was founded in 1905 by the late Edwin Bancroft Henderson, to combat stereotyping, train a new generation of athletic officials, guarantee higher wages, improve working conditions, and secure assignments for colleges, high schools, and youth athletic leagues. Through the years, EBO has officiated a wide variety of sports, to include football, basketball, baseball, softball, boxing, handball, swimming, track and field, tennis, volleyball, and other sports. EBO continued to make history, as it became the oldest predominately African American sports officiating organization in the United States after most other black officiating organizations dissolved in the 1960s. EBO continues to provide sports officiating services, to the Districts Public Schools, Department of Recreation, and area colleges. The EBO has groomed, trained, and developed officials for football, basketball, baseball, and other sports. EBO’s current members remain committed to excellence in officiating as part of its continued legacy that began a century ago and is proud of its distinction as the oldest African American officiating association in the country.

Do you have what it takes?

Do you have what it takes to be a sports official? Do you have genuine love of the game and a desire to know the rules, not just some of them but all of them. Do you possess the integrity needed to call it right down the middle. Stop being a couch potato referee and come out on the field and throw your dirty laundry. Come join one of the oldest sporting officiating associations in the country. Follow the likes of Johnny Grier, Boris Cheeks and Mike Carter just to name a few that have come through the Eastern Board to advance their careers to the Professional level. Contact Wayne Marcus to see how you too can join the ranks of the officiating elite here in EBO.