Herman Francis "Stumpy" Rohrig (March 19, 1918 – July 14, 2002) was an American football player who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 1941 NFL draft and would play three seasons with the team.[1][2] Following his retirement as a player, he worked as an official and a scout in the NFL and serve as an alternate field judge for Super Bowl I. He also was a supervisor of officials for the Big Ten Conference, mentoring future NFL referee Jerry Markbreit and numerous others who reached the professional ranks.
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| Position: | Wingback, halfback | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | March 19, 1918 Mason City, Iowa, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died: | July 14, 2002 (aged 84) Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Lincoln (NE) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Nebraska | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1941 / round: 6 / pick: 46 | ||||||||||||||
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A graduate of Lincoln High School in Lincoln, Nebraska, Rohrig was inducted into the Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame.[3]
References
edit- ^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ "Herm Rohrig NFL & AFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. March 19, 1918. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
- ^ "Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame Foundation". Nebhalloffame.org. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
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