Ron Mix

Ron Mix
Positions: ; Offensive Tackle , Guard	Jersey numbers:; 74, 77
	born on March 10, 1938 in Los Angeles , California
Career information
	Active : 1960 - 1971
	NFL Draft : 1960 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10
	College : University of Southern California
Teams
	Los Angeles / San Diego Chargers (1960–1969); Los Angeles Raiders (1971);
Career statistics
Games	142
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
	8 × Pro Bowl election (1961–1968); 9 × All-Pro election (1960–1968); AFL Champion (1963); American Football League All-Time Team; Pro Football Hall of Fame (1979); National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (2000); International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (1980);
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Ronald Jack Mix (born March 10, 1938 in Los Angeles , California , United States ), nickname : "The Intellectual Assassin" is a retired American football player . He played as an offensive tackle and guard in the American Football League (AFL) and in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Diego Chargers and Los Angeles Raiders .

Player career

Ron Mix attended Hawthorne , the High School and received after finishing school a scholarship at the University of Southern California (USC). Mix studied law and played American football for his college football team , the USC Trojans. In 1960 he was drafted by the Baltimore Colts but also by the Boston Patriots . The Patriots played in the newly formed American Football League , but gave the rights of Mix to the Los Angeles Chargers before the season . The team was coached by Sid Gillman , who used Mix to protect quarterback Jack Kemp in the Chargers' offense . 1960 Mix could move with his team in the AFL final , but where they lost to the Houston Oilers with 24:16.

Before the 1961 season, the team moved to San Diego . The team was able to move into the final against the Oilers and this time the game was lost 10: 3.

In 1963 Mix was able to win his only championship title. The team had meanwhile been reinforced with talented young players such as Lance Alworth , John Hadl and Paul Lowe . In the AFL final, the Patriots were defeated with 51:10. It was to be Mix's only title win. Together with his team, he failed twice in the final in 1964 and 1965. Ron Mix retired after the 1969 season. He returned to the NFL in 1971 and was under contract with the Oakland Raiders for two years, but was only used in the 1971 season.

After the career

Ron Mix now works as a lawyer in San Diego.

Honors

Ronald Mix played eight times in the Pro Bowl , the final game of the best players of the season. He was voted All-Pro nine times . He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame , the American Football League All-Time Team , the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame .

Web links

Short biography ( memento from January 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
Ron Mix in the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Ron Mix in college
Ron Mix in the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Mix, Ron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mix, Ronald Jack (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American football player and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 10, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Los Angeles , California

[1] Annual statistics of the Chargers 1960

[2] AFL endgame 1960 - statistics

[3] Annual statistics of the Chargers 1961

[4] AFL final 1961 - statistics

[5] Annual statistics of the Chargers 1963

[6] AFL final 1963 - statistics

Ron Mix
Positions: Offensive Tackle , Guard	Jersey numbers: 74, 77
born on March 10, 1938 in Los Angeles , California
Career information
Active : 1960 - 1971
NFL Draft : 1960 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10
College : University of Southern California
Teams
Los Angeles / San Diego Chargers (1960–1969) Los Angeles Raiders (1971)
Career statistics
Games	142
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
8 × Pro Bowl election (1961–1968) 9 × All-Pro election (1960–1968) AFL Champion (1963) American Football League All-Time Team Pro Football Hall of Fame (1979) National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (2000) International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (1980)
Pro Football Hall of Fame


Joe Namath \| Len Dawson \| Paul Lowe \| Abner Haynes \| Clem Daniels \| Cookie Gilchrist \| Lance Alworth \| Charlie Hennigan \| Don Maynard \| Art Powell \| Fred Arbanas \| Dave Kocourek \| Ron Mix \| Winston Hill \| Jim Tyrer \| Stew Barber \| Billy Shaw \| Walt Sweeney \| Ed Budde \| Bob Talamini \| Jon Morris \| Jim Otto \| Jerry Mays \| Rich Jackson \| Gerry Philbin \| Ron McDole \| Tom Sestak \| Buck Buchanan \| Tom Keating \| Houston Antwine \| Nick Buoniconti \| Dan Connors \| Bobby Bell \| Larry Grantham \| George Webster \| Mike Stratton \| Willie Brown \| Butch Byrd \| Dave Grayson \| Miller Farr \| Johnny Robinson \| Goose Gonsoulin \| George Saimes \| Kenny Graham \| George Blanda \| Jim Turner \| Jerrel Wilson \| Bob Scarpitto \| Weeb Ewbank \| Sid Gillman


Lance Alworth (1978) \| Fred Dean (2008) \| Dan Fouts (1993) \| Sid Gillman (1983) \| Charles Joiner (1996) \| Deacon Jones (1980) \| Larry Little (1993) \| John Mackey (1992) \| Ron Mix (1979) \| Junior Seau (2015) \| LaDainian Tomlinson (2017) \| Johnny Unitas (1979) \| Kellen Winslow (1995)