Gene Steratore
Gene Steratore | |
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| Nationality |  United States |
| Occupation | NFL official (2003–Present) |
Gene Steratore Jr. is an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) since 2003. He began in the league as a field judge and was promoted to referee at the start of the 2006 NFL season, one of two new referees (Jerome Boger the other) for that season, following the retirements of Bernie Kukar and Tom White. He wears uniform number 114.
Personal
Steratore is also a college basketball referee. He officiated the first-round NCAA tournament game between Albany and Virginia on March 16, 2007.
Gene has a brother, Tony, who is also an official in the NFL and are assigned to the same officiating crew. Tony works as a back judge. His father, Gene Steratore Sr., was a college football official and basketball referee [1].
Steratore resides in Washington, Pennsylvania [2].
NFL career
Steratore took over briefly as referee during a December 28, 2003 regular season game between the Carolina Panthers and New York Giants after Bernie Kukar, the crew chief, was injured during a play in which he was hit in the back by the Giants' Clarence LeBlanc after a blocked punt [3].
Steratore's 2006 NFL officiating crew consists of Carl Paganelli, Paul Weidner, Tom Barnes, Doug Rosenbaum, Tom Hill, and Tony Steratore.
References
- ^ Bouchette, Ed and Collier, Gene (2005-02-03). "Super Bowl Notebook: Big Ben's Super star turn is in a commercial". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2006-08-01.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Lolley, F. Dale (2006-01-23). "Porter set tone early, put pressure on Plummer". Observer-Reporter. Retrieved 2006-08-01.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Kukar hurt in Panthers-Giants game". NFL.com. 2003-12-28. Retrieved 2006-08-01.
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