Tony Steratore

{{Short description|American football official}}

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Tony Steratore is a former American football official in the National Football League (NFL) who wore uniform number 112. He had worked as a back judge from the 2000 NFL season until his retirement in the 2021 offseason.{{Cite web |last=Schultz |first=Mark |date=May 26, 2021 |title=3 more officials retire, now totaling 6 this offseason |url=https://www.footballzebras.com/2021/05/3-more-officials-retire-now-totaling-6-this-offseason/ |access-date=March 24, 2023 |website=Football Zebras |language=en-US}} For the 2020 NFL season, Steratore was scheduled to be the back judge on the officiating crew headed by referee Jerome Boger, but chose to opt due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|url=http://www.footballzebras.com/2020/06/officiating-crews-for-the-2020-season/|title = Officiating crews for the 2020 season | Football Zebras|date = June 3, 2020}}{{cite news |author=Patra, Kevin |title=Five on-field, two replay officials opt out of 2020 season |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/seven-nfl-officials-opt-out-of-2020-season |website=NFL.com |date=August 14, 2020 |access-date=March 14, 2021}} He is a native of the Pittsburgh suburb of Washington, Pennsylvania.[https://archive.today/20130104095506/http://www.postgazette.com/pg/12033/1207550-66.stm Post Gazette] Former NFL referee Gene Steratore Jr. is his younger brother. His father, Gene Steratore Sr., was an official in both college football and basketball. He officiated two Super Bowl games, which were Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Florida, and Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis.

Outside of his NFL officiating duties, Tony Steratore is the president of Steratore Sanitary Supplies in Washington, Pennsylvania; his younger brother Gene is vice-president.{{cite web |url=http://www.referee.com/more/Samples/non_subscribers1207/brothers.html |title=Referee NON-Subscriber's Free Sample |accessdate=January 5, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120065407/http://www.referee.com/more/Samples/non_subscribers1207/brothers.html |archivedate=November 20, 2007 }} It's Not a Brother Thing