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Roaf: It’s good refs are back

By Jeff Halpern

Posted: October 2, 2012 at 3:32 a.m.

Stephen B. Thornton Pro Football Hall of Famer and Pine Bluff native Willie Roaf (left) is glad the NFL could work out a deal with the officials, saying Monday “the replacements were going to cost some teams some games.”

Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Roaf says he always appreciated the way NFL officials maintained control of the game.

Willie Roaf speaks to LRTD Club

NFL Hall of Fame inductee and Pine Bluff native Willie Roaf spoke to members at the Little Rock Touchdown Club on Monday afternoon. Roaf, a Pine Bluff High School graduate and Louisiana Tech alum, played 13 NFL seasons with the New Orleans Saints and Kansas City Chiefs from 1993-2006. (By David Harten)
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