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 Bombers 1959);
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-Big Seven (1952);
	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.

College career

Hantla lettered for the Kansas Jayhawks from 1951 to 1953, earning First-team All-Big Seven Conference honors in 1952.^[2]^[3]

Hantla was selected by the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL with the 55th pick in the 1954 NFL draft. He played in 24 games for the 49ers from 1954 to 1955.^[4] He played in sixteen games for the BC Lions of the Western Interprovincial Football Union from 1956 to 1957.^[5]^[6] Hantla played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League in 1959.^[7]^[8]

He died on November 10, 2020, in Chandler, Arizona at age 89.^[9]

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^ "Robert Hantla Obituary (2020) - Scottsdale, AZ - The Arizona Republic". Legacy.com. Retrieved June 1, 2021.