Bob Hantla

Bob Hantla
	Hantla on a 1954 Bowman football card
No. 69, 52, 54
Position:	Offensive guard/Linebacker
Personal information
Born:	October 3, 1931; St. John, Kansas,U.S.
Died:	November 10, 2020(aged 89); Chandler, Arizona,U.S.
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
	San Francisco 49ers(1954–1955); BC Lions(1956–1957); Winnipeg Blue Bombers1959);
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-Big Seven(1952);
	Player stats atPFR

Robert Dean Hantla(October 3, 1931 – November 10, 2020) was anAmerican football offensive guardwho played two seasons with theSan Francisco 49ersof theNational Football League(NFL). He was drafted by the 49ers in the fifth round of the1954 NFL draft.He playedcollege footballat theUniversity of Kansasand attended Meade High School inMeade, Kansas.^[1]Hantla was also a member of theBC LionsandWinnipeg Blue Bombers.His son Jeff Hantla went on to play for the Arizona Wildcats.

College career

Hantlaletteredfor theKansas Jayhawksfrom 1951 to 1953, earning First-team All-Big Seven Conferencehonors in 1952.^[2]^[3]

Hantla was selected by theSan Francisco 49ersof the NFL with the 55th pick in the1954 NFL draft.He played in 24 games for the 49ers from 1954 to 1955.^[4]He played in sixteen games for theBC Lionsof theWestern Interprovincial Football Unionfrom 1956 to 1957.^[5]^[6]Hantla played for theWinnipeg Blue Bombersof theCanadian Football Leaguein 1959.^[7]^[8]

He died on November 10, 2020, inChandler, Arizonaat age 89.^[9]

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