Editing Ron Yary

{{Short description|American football player (born 1946)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Ron Yary
| image       =
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| number      = 73
| position    = [[Offensive tackle]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1946|7|16}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago]], Illinois, U.S.
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 5
| weight_lb   = 255
| high_school = [[Bellflower High School|Bellflower]] {{avoid wrap| ([[Bellflower, California]])}}
| college     = [[USC Trojans football|USC]] (1965–1967)
| draftyear   = 1968
| draftround  = 1
| draftpick   = 1
| pastteams   =
* [[Minnesota Vikings]] ({{NFL Year|1968|1981}})
* [[Los Angeles Rams]] ({{NFL Year|1982}})
| highlights  =
* [[List of NFL champions (1920–1969)|NFL champion]] ([[1969 NFL Championship Game|1969]])
* 6× First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1971 All-Pro Team|1971]]–[[1976 All-Pro Team|1976]])
* Second-team All-Pro ([[1977 All-Pro Team|1977]])
* 7× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1972 Pro Bowl|1971]]–[[1978 Pro Bowl|1977]])
* [[NFL 1970s All-Decade Team]]
* [[Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor]]
* 50 Greatest Vikings
* Minnesota Vikings 25th Anniversary Team
* Minnesota Vikings 40th Anniversary Team
* [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1967 USC Trojans football team|1967]])
* [[Outland Trophy]] (1967)
* [[List of unanimous All-Americans in college football|Unanimous All-American]] ([[1967 College Football All-America Team|1967]])
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1966 College Football All-America Team|1966]])
* 3× First-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-Pac-8]] ([[1965 All-Pacific Coast football team|1965]], [[1966 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team|1966]], [[1967 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team|1967]])
* [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] champion ([[1968 Rose Bowl|1967]])
| statlabel1  = Games played
| statvalue1  = 207
| statlabel2  = Games started
| statvalue2  = 180
| statlabel3  = [[Fumble]] recoveries
| statvalue3  = 2
| pfr         = Y/YaryRo00
| HOF         = ron-yary
| CollegeHOF  = 1898 
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'''Anthony Ronald Yary''' (born July 16, 1946) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was an [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|offensive tackle]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL), primarily for the [[Minnesota Vikings]]. He was elected to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1987 and the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 2001. Yary gave credit for his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction to his former coaches, John Ashton (high school) [[John McKay (football coach)|John McKay]] (college) and [[Bud Grant]] (professional). He also praised his position coaches Marv Goux, Dave Levy, John Michaels and [[Jerry Burns]].<ref>[http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.jsp?release_id=429 PFBHOF.com]</ref>

==Early life==
Yary attended [[Bellflower High School]] in Los Angeles County, California, and then spent one season at [[Cerritos College]] in 1964. In October 2001, the school named the football field Ron Yary Stadium. While attending Bellflower High School, Yary starred in football, baseball, and basketball.

==College career==
Yary was born in Chicago and attended [[Cerritos College]] in the fall semester of 1964. He then in the spring semester of (1965) transferred to the [[University of Southern California]], where he was a member of [[Phi Kappa Psi]] fraternity.  As a sophomore in 1965, Yary was voted the Pac-8 defensive lineman of the year and All-West Coast for his play at defensive tackle. As a junior, he was moved to the offensive line where he was a consensus [[1966 College Football All-America Team|All-American]] as a junior in 1966 <ref>[http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0746778.html Infoplease.com]</ref> and a unanimous [[1967 College Football All-America Team|All-American]] choice in 1967,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0746795.htmlI |title=nfoplease.com |access-date=March 24, 2009 |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525040643/http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0746795.htmlI |url-status=dead }}</ref> his senior year. He was the 1967 winner of both the [[Outland Trophy]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/outland/winners.html |title=FWAA website |access-date=April 20, 2007 |archive-date=January 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102064106/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/outland/winners.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Knute Rockne Award, awards that annually go to the nation's top collegiate lineman. Yary was the first USC Trojan to win the Outland. In Yary's senior year of 1967 the Trojans won the NCAA football national championship under Coach [[John McKay (football coach)|John McKay]]. During Yary's three seasons, the Trojans compiled a 24-7-1 record. In 1987 Yary was inducted to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]]. He was inducted into the [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] Hall of Fame on December 30, 2012, representing USC.

==Professional career==
Yary was the first overall pick of the [[1968 NFL draft]] by the [[Minnesota Vikings]], who had  traded [[Fran Tarkenton]] to the [[New York Giants]] for that selection, becoming the first offensive lineman ever to be selected first overall. He played from 1968 to 1981 with the [[Minnesota Vikings]], and 1982 with the [[Los Angeles Rams]]. During Yary's tenure with the Vikings, the team won 11 division titles. During that period, Minnesota won the 1969 NFL championship and NFC titles in 1973, 1974 and 1976, and played in [[Super Bowl]]s IV, VIII, IX and XI where Yary was one of 11 Players to have played in all four games for the Vikings. Yary was named [[All-Pro]] 6 consecutive seasons (1971–76) and 2nd Team All-Pro in 1970 and 1977 and was an All-NFC choice from 1970 through 1977. He played in seven consecutive [[Pro Bowls]], and was  a major force in a Minnesota team that was highly successful throughout the 1970s. In addition to his All-pro honors, Yary was voted the NFC Offensive Lineman of the Year three times (1973–75) by the NFLPA and was named the NFL Outstanding Blocker of the Year by the 1,000 yard Club for 1975.

Yary won the starting right tackle job (military duty forced him to miss first three games) on the Vikings offensive line in his second season and remained as a fixture at that spot throughout his Minnesota tenure. He was voted to the 1970s All-Decade First Team after the 1979 season.

Yary was also durable and played in spite of injuries. He missed only two games due to injuries—both coming in 1980 with a broken ankle—in 14 years in Minnesota. Later that same year, he continued to play in spite of a broken foot. He was inducted to the Vikings Ring of Honor in 2000. He became a member of the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 2001. He was the last offensive lineman to ever be drafted first overall until [[Orlando Pace]] was selected by Rams in [[1997 NFL draft|1997]].

==Personal life==
Yary is married to his wife Jamie and has two sons, Jack (born 2001) and Grant (born 2005) and a daughter, Kinley (born c. 2010). Yary resides in [[Murrieta, California]], and once co-owned a sports photography business with his brother Wayne, who bought Ron out in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=So long, SoCal? Yary wants back in the Twin Cities|url=http://www.startribune.com/510/story/1178821.html|author=Craig, Mark|publisher=Star Tribune|date=May 12, 2007|access-date=May 13, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515063200/http://www.startribune.com/510/story/1178821.html|archive-date=May 15, 2007}}</ref> His son Jack was a tight end for [[Murrieta Valley High School]], and was committed to play at University of Washington before dropping out of the program.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Profootballhof|id=236|name=Ron Yary}}
* {{cfbhof|id=1898|name=Ron Yary}}

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