- Gene Steratore
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website =Gene Steratore Jr. is an
American football official in theNational Football League (NFL) since 2003. He began in the league as a field judge and was promoted to referee at the start of the2006 NFL season , one of two new referees (Jerome Boger the other) for that season, following the retirements ofBernie 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.He also officiated the UCONN vs. San Diego game on March 21, 2008.
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 andbasketball referee [ Bouchette, Ed and Collier, Gene (2005-02-03 ). cite web | first= | last= | url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05034/452095.stm | title=Super Bowl Notebook: Big Ben's Super star turn is in a commercial | publisher="Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "| date= | accessdate=2006-08-01] .Steratore resides in
Washington, Pennsylvania [cite web | first=F. Dale | last=Lolley | url=http://observer-reporter.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=21&ArticleID=9785 | title=Porter set tone early, put pressure on Plummer | publisher="Observer-Reporter"| date=2006-01-23 | accessdate=2006-08-01] .NFL career
Steratore took over briefly as referee during a
December 28 , 2003 regular season game between theCarolina Panthers andNew 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 [cite web | first= | last= | url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/6960049 | title=Kukar hurt in Panthers-Giants game | publisher=NFL.com | date=2003-12-28 | accessdate=2006-08-01] .Steratore's
2006 NFL officiating crew consists of Carl Paganelli, Paul Weidner, Tom Barnes, Doug Rosenbaum, Tom Hill, and Tony Steratore.References
External links
* [http://www.referee.com/more/Samples/non_subscribers1207/brothers.html "Referee" magazine interview]
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