Chuck Heberling

A native of Pittsburgh, Heberling attended Perry High School in the North Side neighborhood. He attended Washington & Jefferson College, graduating in 1949. There, he was a multi-sport athlete, letting three times in football, where he was a played running back alongside Melvin Bassi, Walter Cooper and "Deacon" Dan Towler, and three times in baseball, where he was a top starting pitcher. He also worked as a salesman for General Electric in Pittsburgh. During the 1970s, Heberling was a school board member for the North Allegheny School District. ==Career==

Officiating Heberling worked as a football official in high school and college football for 15 years and basketball for 25 years. Later, he was an alternate on the officiating crew for Super Bowl XIII and Super Bowl XXI. Leadership of WPIAL In 1976, Heberling took over as executive director of the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL), which held supervisory control over scholastic sports in Western Pennsylvania. == Personal life ==

Heberling and his wife Jane had four children, three sons and a daughter. Heberling was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Jane, and his son Daniel. He is survived by two sons, a daughter, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. == Notes ==