Gerela was a member of the Steelers' Super Bowl championship teams in 1974, 1975, and 1978, but was released by the Steelers before the 1979 season in favor of Matt Bahr.
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His brothers were also professional kickers; Roy Gerela with the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers and Metro Gerela briefly with the Montreal Alouettes (Metro is enshrined in the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.) In 1993, his nephew Ted Gerela was drafted in the 7th round of the 1993 CFL Draft by the BC Lions as a linebacker from Rocky Mountain College.