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Position: | Offensive guard / Linebacker |
Personal information | |
Born: | St. John, Kansas, U.S. | October 3, 1931
Died: | November 10, 2020 Chandler, Arizona, U.S. | (aged 89)
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Meade (KS) |
College: | Kansas |
NFL draft: | 1954 / round: 5 / pick: 55 |
Career history | |
Career highlights and awards | |
Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Robert Dean Hantla (October 3, 1931 – November 10, 2020) was an American football offensive guard who played two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the 49ers in the fifth round of the 1954 NFL draft. He played college football at the University of Kansas and attended Meade High School in Meade, Kansas.[1] Hantla was also a member of the BC Lions and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. His son Jeff Hantla went on to play for the Arizona Wildcats.