Dale Hamer

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Dale Hamer was an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) on two occasions, from 1978 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2001. During his 23 seasons in the NFL, Hamer was assigned to officiate in two Super Bowls as a head linesman, Super Bowl XVII in 1983 and Super Bowl XXII in 1988 and was an alternate referee in Super Bowl XXVII in 1993. He wore the uniform number 104.

Hamer is a 1960 graduate of California University of Pennsylvania.

Hamer's career in the NFL started in 1978 as a head linesman. He was later promoted to referee in 1989 upon the retirement of long-time referee Fred Silva. He returned to the head linesman position in 1998 and worked on the crews of Larry Nemmers and Bernie Kukar.

In 1995, Hamer was forced to retire temporarly when doctors discovered that he had a heart murmur [1]. Further tests revealed that Hamer had stenosis and calcification of his aortic heart valve, and it would need to be replaced. In July 1995, Dale received a pericardial tissue heart valve. He would miss the entire 1995 NFL season, but returned at the start of the 1996 NFL season.

After retiring as an on-field official following the 2001 NFL season, Hamer worked as an instant replay official.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Patient Stories. Edwards Lifesciences. Retrieved on 2006-08-16.


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