Herman Francis "Stumpy" Rohrig (March 19, 1918 – July 14, 2002) was an

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player who played professionally in the

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(NFL). He was drafted by the

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in the sixth round of the

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and would play three seasons with the team. Following his retirement as a player, he worked as an

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and a scout in the NFL and serve as an alternate field judge for

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. He also was a supervisor of officials for the

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, mentoring future NFL referee

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and numerous others who reached the professional ranks. A graduate of Lincoln High School in

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, Rohrig was inducted into the Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame.

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1918 births 2002 deaths American football halfbacks Green Bay Packers players Keesler Field Fliers football players NFL officials Nebraska Cornhuskers football players Sportspeople from Mason City, Iowa Players of American football from Lincoln, Nebraska 20th-century American sportsmen {{runningback-1910s-stub