Lloyd Leith
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Lloyd R. Leith (December 7, 1902 – September 30, 1974) was an American basketball referee and high school coach. The San Francisco, California native officiated 16 NCAA Division I Men's Tournament Championships between 1939 and 1955. He also served as head coach at Balboa High School (1931-36), George Washington High School (1936-42) and Mission High School (1945-72).
He refereed in the Pacific Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (later the Pacific Coast Conference) for 25 years and the national AAU tournament for ten years.
Lloyd Leith was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a referee in 1983. He is also a member of the San Francisco Prep Hall of Fame.
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