Auteur: Red Cashion

M.L. “Red” Cashion is quite possibly the most colorful and memorable referee in NFL history…or any sport, for that matter. During his 25-year NFL career, Cashion participated in three Super Bowls! He worked XX and XXX and served as an alternate for XXV. He also made 23 playoff appearances, regularly officiated the biggest games each weekend and was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Cashion, a 1953 Texas A&M graduate who was born on campus, was also a very successful businessman in the insurance industry before retiring. Rusty Burson is a Vice President with the 12th Man Foundation and the Associate Editor of 12th Man Magazine, where he has covered all Texas A&M sports since 1996. Burson, a 1990 graduate of Sam Houston State, has authored 12 previous books and is a former sportswriter with the Galveston Daily News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He and his wife, Vannessa, live in College Station with their three children: son Payton and daughters Kyleigh and Summer.