Ron Mix

Los Angeles Chargers (1960 )
San Diego Chargers (1961-1969)
Los Angeles Raiders ( 1971)

8 × Pro Bowl selection ( 1961-1968 )
9 × All-Pro selection ( 1960-1968 )
AFL Champion (1963 )
American Football League All- Time Team
Pro Football Hall of Fame (1979 )
National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (2000)
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (1980 )

Ronald Jack Mix ( born March 10, 1938 in Los Angeles, California, United States), nicknamed " The Intellectual Assassin" is a former American football player. He played as an offensive tackle and guard in the American Football League ( AFL) and the National Football League ( NFL ) for the San Diego Chargers and the Los Angeles Raiders.

Playing career

Ron Mix attended Hawthorne High School and, after graduating from school, a scholarship to the University of Southern California ( USC). Mix studied law and played for the football team his college, the " USC Trojans ", American Football. In 1960 he was drafted by the Baltimore Colts but also from the Boston Patriots. The Patriots were playing in the newly formed American Football League, but gave before the season the rights of mix of the Los Angeles Chargers from. Coach of the team was Sid Gillman, the mix for the protection of quarterback Jack Kemp on offense the Chargers began. 1960 Mix could move with his team in the AFL Finals, where to but the Houston Oilers defeated with 24:16.

Before the season 1961, the team moved to San Diego. The team was again able to move against the Oilers in the final and this time the game with 10:3 was lost.

1963 mix was then able to win his only championship. The crew had been temporarily reinforced with talented young players such as Lance Alworth, John Hadl or Paul Lowe. In the AFL Finals the Patriots were defeated by 51:10. It should remain the only title of the mix. Together with his team he failed in 1964 and 1965, twice more in the final. Ron Mix ended after the 1969 season, his career. He returned in 1971 in the NFL back and stood at the Oakland Raiders for two years under contract, but came only in the 1971 season for use.

After the career

Ron Mix is now working as an attorney in San Diego.

Honors

Ronald Mix played eight times in the Pro Bowl, the final game of the best players of the season. He was elected to the All-Pro nine times. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in the American Football League All- Time Team, the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

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