Ron Yary
| Ron Yary | |
|---|---|
|
Position (s): Offensive tackle |
Jersey number (s): 73 |
| born July 16, 1946 in Chicago , Illinois | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1968 - 1982 | |
| NFL Draft : 1968 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st | |
| College : University of Southern California | |
| Teams | |
|
|
| Career statistics | |
| Games | 207 |
| as a starter | 180 |
| Fumble | 2 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
|
|
| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Anthony Ronald "Ron" Yary (* 16th July 1946 in Chicago , Illinois ) is a former American American football poker players. He played as an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) with the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams .
Player career
College career
Ron Yary was born in Chicago, but grew up in Bellflower , California , where he also attended high school. At school he first played football in the position of a tackle before moving to the position of fullback . After graduating from school in 1964, he first studied for a year at Cerritos College in Norwalk . Since the college only had a second-rate football team and he was not sufficiently promoted by it, he moved to the University of Southern California (USC) after a year . For the USC Trojans he played as a tackle on the offensive line and had the task of protecting his own quarterback and blocking the way for the running back into the opposing end zone. In 1967 OJ Simpson took over this role with the Trojans. Simpson and Yary won the national college championship that year and the Rose Bowl with a 14-3 win over the Indiana University team . In 1966 and 1967, Ron Yary was voted All-American . For his athletic achievements, he was recognized by his college in all three years of study .
Professional career
Yary's successes had drawn NFL scouts' attention to him. In 1968 he was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round as the first player in the NFL Draft . Head coach of the team was Bud Grant , who had taken over the team a year earlier and who was supposed to form a top team out of the team. Yary was also used by the Vikings as an offensive tackle. In 1969 he was able to win his first championship title with his team. The Vikings won the last NFL final before merging with the American Football League (AFL) against the Cleveland Browns 27-7 , but lost Super Bowl IV to the Kansas City Chiefs 23-7 . In the next two years Yary managed to move into the play-offs with his team , but where the team failed early. In 1972 Fran Tarkenton returned to the Vikings as quarterback. Tarkenton was the statistically best quarterback in the NFL when he retired. Together with other players who were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame after their careers , such as Paul Krause , Alan Page or Carl Eller , Yary managed to enter the NFC Championship Game three times . 1973 the final against the Tom Landry coached Dallas Cowboys was won with 27:10. This win was countered by a 24: 7 defeat against the Miami Dolphins , supervised by Don Shula , in Super Bowl VIII .
In the following season the Los Angeles Rams were defeated in the NFC title game with 14:10, but Yary was again defeated with the Vikings in the Super Bowl . The Pittsburgh Steelers , supervised by Chuck Noll , were able to prevail with 16: 6 in Super Bowl IX . In 1976, Yary won his fourth league title. Again the Vikings met in the NFC final against the Rams supervised by Chuck Knox and once again the team from Los Angeles had to admit defeat to the team from Minneapolis , this time with 24:13. Yary moved into his fourth Super Bowl, but this game didn't bring him the Super Bowl win he had hoped for. The Oakland Raiders, under their coach John Madden , got the upper hand with 32:14 in Super Bowl XI .
Yary played with the Vikings until 1981. He let his career end in 1982 with a final year at the Rams.
After the playing career
In 1974 Ron Yary founded a photo studio with his brother. He is married with two children and works as a real estate agent in Murrieta , California.
Honors
Ron Yary played in the Pro Bowl seven times and was voted All-Star eight times . In 1967 he won the Outland Trophy . He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame , the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team , the College Football Hall of Fame and the USC Athletic Hall of Fame , and the Cerritos College Hall of Fame . The Minnesota Vikings honor him on the Ring of Honor . His hometown named a stadium and a street after him.
Web links
- Ron Yary at the USC Trojans
- Ron Yary of the Minnesota Vikings
- CV (PDF; 38 kB)
- Ron Yary's company, founded in 1974
source
- Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ College Awards from Ron Yary ( January 12, 2012 memento in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Annual statistics of the Minnesota Vikings 1969
- ↑ Statistics NFL final 1969
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl IV
- ↑ 1973 Minnesota Vikings Annual Statistics
- ↑ Statistics NFC final 1973
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl VIII
- ↑ Annual Statistics of the Minnesota Vikings 1974
- ↑ Statistics NFC final 1974
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl IX
- ↑ 1976 Minnesota Vikings Annual Statistics
- ↑ Statistics NFC final 1976
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl XI
- ↑ High school names stadium after Ron Yary
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yary, Ron |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yary, Anthony Ronald (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , United States |