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Post by FredFan7 on Apr 21, 2014 21:46:51 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2014 8:10:47 GMT -5
For some years, Gerry was umpire on Schacter's crew. After some call or the other, as I remember, a player began screaming to all who would hear, "Don't ever have a friend who is an official, because he'll never do anything for you." Very capable umpire, now I know that he was not fired. As a side comment, I believe that he began his officiating career in the AFL as a line judge.
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Post by zebrablog on Apr 22, 2014 10:24:36 GMT -5
Your memory is correct. I updated the post. Good catch and thanks!
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Post by teo on Apr 23, 2014 15:17:29 GMT -5
He worked a divisional playoff in 1972 between Cleveland and Miami, and the Pro Bowl after 1975.
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Post by FredFan7 on Apr 23, 2014 21:04:27 GMT -5
Footage of Mr. Hart from his USFL days. He worked the umpire for the championship game. He was wearing #66.
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Post by teo on Apr 23, 2014 22:13:55 GMT -5
In his final NFL season, Hart was suspended for two games for a mistake in a Bills-Colts game. link |
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Post by zebrablog on Apr 23, 2014 23:28:52 GMT -5
Very interesting find, teo! We missed this in our research around the Ellison incident. Two games was pretty harsh. I repaired the link above, because some of the punctuation in the URL caused an adverse effect. After the fact, I found a longer version of the same AP story in a Toledo newspaper. That story confirms that the last officials suspended before Hart's incident were Norm Schachter's crew who dropped a down after a holding penalty. link |
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Post by bulldog6878 on Apr 24, 2014 9:42:38 GMT -5
this is sad news. I don't remember Gerald Hart.
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Post by FredFan7 on May 3, 2014 23:56:14 GMT -5
Footage of Mr. Hart working the first ever MNF game:
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