Ron Nery | |
Number: | 80, 83 |
Position: | Defensive end |
Birth Date: | 30 December 1934 |
Birth Place: | New Kensington, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Topeka, Kansas, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 6 |
Weight Lb: | 247 |
High School: | New Kensington |
College: | Kansas State |
Draftyear: | 1956 |
Draftround: | 7 |
Draftpick: | 81 |
Pastteams: |
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Highlights: | |
Statleague: | AFL |
Statlabel1: | Sacks |
Statvalue1: | 17.5 |
Statlabel2: | Games played |
Statvalue2: | 50 |
Statlabel3: | Games started |
Statvalue3: | 43 |
Pfr: | N/NeryRo20 |
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).
He played for the Kansas State Wildcats from 1953 through 1955. During his junior and senior years, he was selected to the All-Big 7 first team. In 1956, he was a seventh-round draft pick for the New York Giants.
He became a resident of Grapevine, Texas. In 2002, he died of an enlarged heart while visiting friends in Topeka, Kansas.[2]