number 51 (later worn by Dale Orem and now by referee Carl Cheffers) for most of his career (except for the 1979–1981 seasons, when officials were numbered separately by position, when he wore number 3 as the NFL's senior umpire), worked the final 11 seasons of his career (1971–81) as the umpire on the crew of referee Bob Frederic after spending 1970 on Bob Finley's crew. Late life and death From 1950 to 1958, Palazzi was an industrial arts teacher and assistant football coach at West Scranton High School. He concurrently aided his father in the ancient family gardening business. In 1959, he became a registered landscape architect in Pennsylvania and assumed control of Palazzi Garden Centers and Landscaping, which he operated until his retirement in 1992. Palazzi died at the Dunmore, Pennsylvania, Health Care Center on January 7, 2007, at the age of 85. References 1921 births 2007 deaths American football centers National Football League officials New York Giants players Penn State Nittany Lions football players High school football coaches in Pennsylvania People from Dunmore, Pennsylvania People from Groton, Connecticut Players of American football from Pennsylvania United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II