Joe Gushue

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==Early life== ==Early life== Gushue was born in [[Port Richmond, Philadelphia]] and attended [[Northeast Catholic High School]].<ref name="dailynews">{{Cite news |title=Joseph J. Gushue, Retired Nba Referee |newspaper=[[Philadelphia Daily News]] |date=November 14, 1996 |last1=Clark |first1=Joe |last2=Jasner |first2=Phil |url=http://articles.philly.com/1996-11-14/news/25648623_1_nba-referee-nba-official-sid-borgia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091124/http://articles.philly.com/1996-11-14/news/25648623_1_nba-referee-nba-official-sid-borgia |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |accessdate=April 8, 2013}}</ref> Gushue worked as a carpenter. He refereed community basketball games. [[Sid Borgia]], one of the NBA's original referees, and later a supervisor of all NBA referees, was on vacation in [[Wildwood, New Jersey]], when Borgia observed Gushue refereeing a summer basketball league game.<ref name="dailynews" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Fitzpatrick |first=Frank |date=2021-02-13 |title=Philly referees have dominated NBA officiating for decades. Here’s why. |url=https://www.inquirer.com/sixers/nba-referees-philadelphia-earl-strom-jack-madden-20210213.html?query=%E2%80%9CJoey%2520Crawford%E2%80%9D%2520nba |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=inquirer.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Dave |date=December 17, 1977 |title=Ex-Official Says NBA Refs Are Rule-Bound 'Robots' |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) |pages=C–4 |agency=New York Times Service}}</ref> Gushue was born in [[Port Richmond, Philadelphia]] and attended [[Northeast Catholic High School]].<ref name="dailynews">{{Cite news |title=Joseph J. Gushue, Retired Nba Referee |newspaper=[[Philadelphia Daily News]] |date=November 14, 1996 |last1=Clark |first1=Joe |last2=Jasner |first2=Phil |url=http://articles.philly.com/1996-11-14/news/25648623_1_nba-referee-nba-official-sid-borgia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091124/http://articles.philly.com/1996-11-14/news/25648623_1_nba-referee-nba-official-sid-borgia |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |accessdate=April 8, 2013}}</ref> Gushue worked as a carpenter. He refereed community basketball games. [[Sid Borgia]], one of the NBA's original referees and later a supervisor of all NBA referees, was on vacation in [[Wildwood, New Jersey]], when Borgia observed Gushue refereeing a summer basketball league game.<ref name="dailynews" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Fitzpatrick |first=Frank |date=2021-02-13 |title=Philly referees have dominated NBA officiating for decades. Here’s why. |url=https://www.inquirer.com/sixers/nba-referees-philadelphia-earl-strom-jack-madden-20210213.html?query=%E2%80%9CJoey%2520Crawford%E2%80%9D%2520nba |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=inquirer.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Dave |date=December 17, 1977 |title=Ex-Official Says NBA Refs Are Rule-Bound 'Robots' |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) |pages=C–4 |agency=New York Times Service}}</ref>

==Professional career== ==Professional career==