Ron Porter
American football player (1945–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
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Born: | (1945-07-27)July 27, 1945 Woburn, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||
Died: | December 4, 2019 (age 74) Gainesville, Florida, U.S. | ||||||
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High school: | Yuba City (CA) | ||||||
College: | Idaho | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1967 / Round: 5 / Pick: 126 | ||||||
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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.