Ralph Neely
| Ralph Neely | |
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Position (s): Offensive tackle |
Jersey number (s): 73 |
| born September 12, 1943 in Little Rock , Arkansas | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1965 - 1977 | |
| NFL Draft : 1965 / Round: 2 / Pick: 28 | |
| College : Oklahoma | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Games | 172 |
| Kick-off returns | 7th |
| the resulting gain in space | 48 yards |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Ralph Eugene Neely (* 12. September 1943 in Little Rock , Arkansas ) is a former American American football player at the position of offensive tackles . He played thirteen years for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL) and won the Super Bowl twice ( VI , XII ) with the Cowboys .
Player career
college
Ralph Neely studied after graduating from the University of Oklahoma , where he played college football for their football team, the Oklahoma Sooners . In 1963 he lost with his team in the Orange Bowl against the University of Alabama 17-0. In the 1964 Gator Bowl they lost to Florida State University at 19:36.
In his last two years of study, he was voted All-American because of his athletic performance .
NFL
Neely was selected as 28th in the 1965 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts in the second round. At the same time, the Houston Oilers selected him from the American Football League - a competitive league of the NFL. Neely signed with the Oilers, who promised to set up a gas station in addition to his salary. Since the Colts had passed their contract rights to Neely to the Cowboys, Neely was no longer ready to run for the Oilers, which were less popular in Texas. The two teams agreed to allow Neely to play in Dallas, to compensate the Cowboys committed, among other things, to play three friendlies against the Oilers in Dallas . This game has a tradition to this day, even after the Oilers were renamed the Tennessee Titans . It is always played when the two teams did not have to compete against each other in the regular season .
Tom Landry
Rayfield Wright
Roger Staubach
The Cowboys were trained by Head Coach Tom Landry , who managed to turn what was once the worst team in the league into a top team. As a player on the offensive line, Neely was responsible for the protection of quarterback Don Meredith , but also had the task of blocking the way into the opposing end zone for his own running backs . In 1966 the Cowboys were able to move into the play-offs for the first time , the following year they failed to move into Super Bowl II when they lost in the so-called Ice Bowl against the Green Bay Packers at 21:17. 1967 succeeded Tex Schramm , the general manager of the Cowboys, the engagement of Rayfield Wright , who from then on played together with Neely in the offensive line of the team from Texas .
In 1970 Neely was able to move into the Super Bowl for the first time with the Cowboys . In Super Bowl V , however, the Baltimore Colts were able to prevail with 16:13. The following year, Roger Staubach took on the role of starting quarterback for the Dallas team . The Cowboys won Super Bowl VI that year against the Miami Dolphins, trained by Don Shula , 24-3 . Neely had missed part of the season due to an injury and was unable to play in Super Bowl VI.
In the 1975 season, Neely was able to move into the Super Bowl for the third time. However, his team could not prevail against the Pittsburgh Steelers , who were supervised by Chuck Noll , and lost in Super Bowl X by just 21:17. Neely and the Cowboys moved into Super Bowl XII against the Denver Broncos after the 1977 season . The Cowboys won 27:10 and Neely won his second Super Bowl.
After the 1977 season, Neely ended his career with the Cowboys due to a knee injury.
Honors
Neely played twice in the Pro Bowl , was voted All Pro five times , and is a member of the NFL 1960s All-Decade Team .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Oklahoma Sooners All Americans
- ↑ Newspaper report on the rivalry between the Oilers and the Cowboys ( Memento from April 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Annual statistics of the cowboys 1967
- ^ Ice Bowl statistics
- ^ Annual statistics of the cowboys 1970
- ↑ Super Bowl V statistics
- ↑ Annual statistics of the cowboys 1971
- ↑ Super Bowl VI statistics
- ↑ Annual statistics of the cowboys 1975
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl X
- ↑ Annual statistics of the cowboys 1977
- ↑ Super Bowl XII statistics
- ^ WC Roberts: Facts and ideas from anywhere. In: Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center). Volume 20, Number 4, October 2007, pp. 433-440, PMID 17948122 , PMC 2014820 (free full text).
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| SURNAME | Neely, Ralph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neely, Ralph Eugene (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Little Rock , Arkansas , United States |