Education
He attended Southeast Missouri State University.
He attended Southeast Missouri State University.
Eichhorst was an official in the American Football League, moving to the National Football League in 1970, the first season following the NFL-American Federation of Labor-Congress merger. He resigned from the NFL at the conclusion of the 1970 campaign to concentrate on his career as a college basketball official Eichhorst was the line judge on the crew of referee Bernie Ulman and wore uniform number 77 during his lone NFL season.
His number and position were filled by Don Orr for 1971, although a shuffling of crew assignments moved Tommy Hensley to Ulman"s crew as line judge in 1971.