Referee Dick Hantak has been retired for 18 years, but he is still remembered for his work as a NFL official from 1978 to 2002. And, in 2019 the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame recognized that work and inducted him as a member. Hantak worked as a teacher and as
History
Throwback to 1989: Referee Bob McElwee allows Bengals coach to give geography lesson
Throwback to the 1986 playoffs: John Madden likes officials who sweat
Throwback to the 1992 playoffs: Referee Dale Hamer roughed up and gained respect from John Madden
Throwback Thursday: 1985 feature on Dick Jorgensen crew
New Year’s Eve throwback: Future NFL officials working college bowl games
Throwback to the finest officiating sequence I’ve ever seen
I remember several post-season classic games and the officiating that goes with such games. It is hard after a year or two for me to remember a classic regular-season game where the officiating actually enhanced the quality of the contest. But, there is one regular-season game that I remember almost 26-years
Throwback to one of the most annoying rules to officiate: the crowd noise rule
Throwback to 2007 – Warren Sapp melts down and is ejected by Jerome Boger’s crew
On December 23, 2007, Jerome Boger's crew allowed Warren Sapp to beat the traffic to the mall and get his Christmas shopping done early. In a bizarre sequence of events, Sapp totally lost his composure, the Oakland Raiders were flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct four times, with three of the fouls assigned
