Ron_Porter

Ron Porter

Ron Porter

American football player (1945–2019)

Ronald Dean Porter (July 27, 1945 - December 4, 2019) was a former American football player who played linebacker for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts,[1] Philadelphia Eagles, and Minnesota Vikings.

Quick Facts No. 55, 50, 52, Position: ...

Porter graduated from Yuba City High School in 1963 and played college football at the University of Idaho in Moscow.[2] He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and majored in marketing.[3]

Porter was a fifth round selection of the Colts in the 1967 NFL/AFL Draft, the 126th overall pick. He was a member of the 1968 Colts team that won the NFL Championship, but were upset in Super Bowl III.

References

  1. [1]
    Isaacs, Stan (2013). Ten Moments that Shook the Sports World. Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated. p. 177. ISBN 9781628730159. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Football - 1966 season". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1967. p. 231.
  3. [3]
    "Seniors". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1967. p. 75.
Stub icon

This biographical article relating to an American football linebacker born in the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Ron_Porter, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.