Rich Stanfel was in his room at the Stanford Court Hotel in San Francisco the night before Super Bowl 50 when he thought he heard a knock on his door. He was hoping a Pro Football Hall of Fame representative would be knocking to inform him that his father, Dick, had been selected for induction, so the reaction was understandable.
He tensed up. He got nervous.
Was this it? Could it actually happen?
Then the eldest son of Dick Stanfel realized the knock was on a different door, for someone else on the floor, Kevin Greene.