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Ron Yary through the years
Ron Yary was a 7x Pro Bowl selection and won one Super Bowl championship with the Minnesota Vikings, he was also the first offensive lineman ever to be selected first overall. Check out some of the best photos spanning his hall of fame career.
Offensive tackle Ron Yary of the Minnesota Vikings battles with Los Angeles Rams Hall of Fame defensive end Jack Youngblood in a game at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota. (National Football League)
Offensive tackle Ron Yary of the Minnesota Vikings in a 1969 game. (National Football League)
Offensive tackle Ron Yary of the Minnesota Vikings in a 1972 game. (National Football League)
Minnesota Vikings tackle Ron Yary prepares to go head-to-head with Miami Dolphins defensive end Vern Den Herder in a 24-7 loss to the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VIII on January 13, 1974 at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. (National Football League)
Offensive tackle Ron Yary of the Minnesota Vikings. (National Football League)
Offensive tackle Ron Yary of the Minnesota Vikings leaves the field after a 1974 game. (National Football League)
Offensive tackle Ron Yary of the Minnesota Vikings battles with two Los Angeles Rams defenders on November 19, 1972 at the Los Angeles Memorial Colesium. (National Football League)
The 2001 Pro Football Hall of Fame class poses prior to the AFC taking on the NFC in the 2001 NFL Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium on February 4, 2001 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The former players posing are Ron Yary, Jackie Slater, Marv Levy, Nick Buoniconti, Mike Munchak, Lynn Swann and Jack Youngblood. The AFC defeated the NFC 38-17. (National Football League)
The 2001 class of enshrinees to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001, in Canton, Ohio . Front row (l-r) Nick Buoniconti, Lynn Swann and Marv Levy. Back row (l-r) Mike Munchak, Jackie Slater, Ron Yary and Jack Youngblood. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Former Minnesota Vikings great Ron Yary holds his bronze bust after enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Ron Yary, who has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, sits in the living room of his Murrieta, Calif., home Friday, July 20, 2001, with a football signed by many Hall of Famers. Yary, who played as an offensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings from 1968-1981, then retired in 1982, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Aug. 5 in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Doug Benc)
