Bernie Kukar (born May 15, 1940) is an American former football official in the National Football League (NFL) for 22 seasons from the 1984 to the 2005 season.
He played football at Saint John's under John Gagliardi, the all-time winningest coach in collegiate football history.
He began his NFL officiating career in 1984 as a back judge.
After the first regular season of the World League of American Football (WLAF, later NFL Europe) in spring of 1991, he was appointed referee of World Bowl '91 in London.
After seven years in the NFL, Kukar was promoted to referee at the start of the 1991 NFL season, which came after the retirement of the "Dean of Referees", Jim Tunney and the promotion of Jerry Seeman to the Director of Officiating in the NFL office.