About Ron Porter
Lived 1945 – 2019 (aged 73–74). Ron Porter was an American american football player.
Ronald Dean Porter (July 27, 1945 – December 4, 2019) was an American professional football player who played linebacker for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, and Minnesota Vikings.
Porter graduated from Yuba City High School in 1963 and played college football at the University of Idaho in Moscow. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and majored in marketing.
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.
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Who was Ron Porter?
American football player
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Ron Porter was born on 27 July 1945 in Woburn.
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Ron Porter died in 2019.
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Ron Porter was an american football player.
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Ron Porter was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ron Porter. https://biography.guide/ron-porter/
MLA: "Ron Porter." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ron-porter/.
Chicago: "Ron Porter." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/ron-porter/.
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