Ron Nery
Appearance
No. 80, 83 | |||||||||
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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Born: | New Kensington, Pennsylvania, U.S. | December 30, 1934||||||||
Died: | April 2, 2002 Topeka, Kansas, U.S. | (aged 67)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 247 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | New Kensington | ||||||||
College: | Kansas State | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1956 / round: 7 / pick: 81 | ||||||||
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Ronald Duane Nery (December 30, 1934 – April 2, 2002) was an American football defensive end who played in the American Football League (AFL). He played four seasons for the Los Angeles / San Diego Chargers (1960–1962), the Denver Broncos (1963),[1] and the Houston Oilers (1963).[2]
He played for the Kansas State Wildcats from 1953 through 1955.[2] During his junior and senior years, he was selected to the All-Big 7 first team.[2] In 1956, he was a seventh-round draft pick for the New York Giants.[2]
He became a resident of Grapevine, Texas.[2] In 2002, he died of an enlarged heart while visiting friends in Topeka, Kansas.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Broncos Land Ron Nery". Chattanooga Daily Times. Associated Press. September 6, 1963. Retrieved June 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f "KSU football great dies". The Manhattan Mercury. April 14, 2002. Retrieved June 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2002 deaths
- People from New Kensington, Pennsylvania
- Players of American football from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
- American football defensive ends
- Los Angeles Chargers players
- San Diego Chargers players
- Denver Broncos (AFL) players
- Houston Oilers players
- Kansas State Wildcats football players
- American Football League players
- American football defensive lineman, 1930s birth stubs