Gene Steratore

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name = Gene Steratore


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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.

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 and basketball 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 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 [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]