Ronald Duane Nery (December 30, 1934April 2, 2002) was a professional
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...
defensive end
Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football.
This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations over the years have substantially changed how the position is p ...
in the
American Football League
The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. ...
(AFL). He played four seasons for the
Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers (1960–1962), the
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquar ...
(1963), and the
Houston Oilers
The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team that played in Houston from its founding in 1960 to 1996 before relocating to Memphis, and later Nashville, Tennessee becoming the Tennessee Titans. The Oilers began play in 1960 a ...
(1963).
1934 births
2002 deaths
People from New Kensington, Pennsylvania
Players of American football from 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
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