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40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive tackle">Offensive tackle</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1943-09-12</span>)</span>September 12, 1943<br /><a href="/wiki/Little_Rock,_Arkansas" title="Little Rock, Arkansas">Little Rock, Arkansas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Died:</th><td class="infobox-data">January 5, 2022 (aged 78)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">265 lb (120 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Farmington_High_School_(New_Mexico)" title="Farmington High School (New Mexico)">Farmington (NM)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners_football" title="Oklahoma Sooners football">Oklahoma</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_draft" title="1965 NFL draft">1965</a> / round: 2 / pick: 28</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">AFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1965_American_Football_League_draft" title="1965 American Football League draft">1965</a> / round: <a href="/wiki/1965_American_Football_League_draft#Round_two" title="1965 American Football League draft">2</a> / pick: 15<br />(by the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Titans" title="Tennessee Titans">Houston Oilers</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> (<a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_season" title="1965 NFL season">1965</a>–<a href="/wiki/1977_NFL_season" title="1977 NFL season">1977</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career highlights and awards <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_VI" title="Super Bowl VI">VI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XII" title="Super Bowl XII">XII</a>)</li> <li>3× First-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> (<a href="/wiki/1967_All-Pro_Team" title="1967 All-Pro Team">1967</a>–<a href="/wiki/1969_All-Pro_Team" title="1969 All-Pro Team">1969</a>)</li> <li>Second-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> (<a href="/wiki/1966_All-Pro_Team" title="1966 All-Pro Team">1966</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> (<a href="/wiki/1968_Pro_Bowl" title="1968 Pro Bowl">1967</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970_Pro_Bowl" title="1970 Pro Bowl">1969</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1960s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1960s All-Decade Team">NFL 1960s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li>Consensus <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="College Football All-American">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1964_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1964 College Football All-America Team">1964</a>)</li> <li>Second-team All-American (<a href="/wiki/1963_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1963 College Football All-America Team">1963</a>)</li> <li>2× First-team All-<a href="/wiki/Big_Eight_Conference" title="Big Eight Conference">Big Eight</a> (<a href="/wiki/1963_All-Big_Eight_Conference_football_team" title="1963 All-Big Eight Conference football team">1963</a>, <a href="/wiki/1964_All-Big_Eight_Conference_football_team" title="1964 All-Big Eight Conference football team">1964</a>)</li> <li>Second-team All-Big Eight (<a href="/wiki/1962_All-Big_Eight_Conference_football_team" title="1962 All-Big Eight Conference football team">1962</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Games">Games</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">172</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Kick Returns:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Kickoff yards:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">48</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Games">Games</a> Started:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">168</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Fumble Recoveries:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/N/NeelRa00.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ralph Eugene Neely</b> (September 12, 1943 – January 5, 2022) was an American professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> player who was an <a href="/wiki/Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive tackle">offensive tackle</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL). He played 13 seasons and 172 games for the Cowboys from 1965 to 1977. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Neely&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Neely attended <a href="/wiki/Farmington_High_School_(New_Mexico)" title="Farmington High School (New Mexico)">Farmington High School</a>, where he was an All-State <a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football)">tackle</a> for two years in <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a>, and a standout <a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">center</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> team. </p><p>He was recruited by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma" title="University of Oklahoma">University of Oklahoma</a>, where he played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> under coaches <a href="/wiki/Bud_Wilkinson" title="Bud Wilkinson">Bud Wilkinson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gomer_Jones" title="Gomer Jones">Gomer Jones</a>. Neely was a 261-pound <a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football)">tackle</a> who played both ways, as a dominant performer on defense and an excellent blocker on offense. He was named the <a href="/wiki/Big_Eight_Conference" title="Big Eight Conference">Big Eight</a> sophomore lineman of the year and was a two-time <a href="/wiki/All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="All-American">All-American</a> and an all-conference selection in both 1963 and '64. </p><p>Neely was one of three <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners" title="Oklahoma Sooners">Sooners</a> stars who missed the 1965 <a href="/wiki/Gator_Bowl" title="Gator Bowl">Gator Bowl</a> game against <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_University" title="Florida State University">Florida State University</a>. Neely, <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fullback (American football)">fullback</a> Jim Grisham and <a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">halfback</a> <a href="/wiki/Lance_Rentzel" title="Lance Rentzel">Lance Rentzel</a> signed with professional teams before the game, and were ruled ineligible for the contest, which Florida State won 36–19 on the strength of four <a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">touchdown</a> catches by <a href="/wiki/Fred_Biletnikoff" title="Fred Biletnikoff">Fred Biletnikoff</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Neely&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_season" title="1965 NFL season">1965</a>, he was <a href="/wiki/NFL_draft" title="NFL draft">drafted</a> in the second round of both the <a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_draft" title="1965 NFL draft">1965 NFL draft</a> (by the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Indianapolis_Colts" title="History of the Indianapolis Colts">Baltimore Colts</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/1965_AFL_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1965 AFL Draft">1965 AFL Draft</a> (by the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a>). On August 29, <a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_season" title="1965 NFL season">1965</a>, the Colts traded his NFL contractual rights to the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Billy_Lothridge" title="Billy Lothridge">Billy Lothridge</a> and a fourth-round selection (#54-<a href="/wiki/Rod_Sherman" title="Rod Sherman">Rod Sherman</a>) in the <a href="/wiki/1966_NFL_draft" title="1966 NFL draft">1966 NFL draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Neely accepted the Oilers contract offer (which also included rights to own a Houston gas station), but requested it be kept secret to remain eligible to play in the <a href="/wiki/Gator_Bowl" title="Gator Bowl">Gator Bowl</a>. When he learned that the Colts traded his rights to the Cowboys, he began negotiating with Dallas, and returned his check to the Oilers. Litigation ensued between the Oilers and Cowboys in regards to his rights.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A rookie in <a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_season" title="1965 NFL season">1965</a>, he joined the Cowboys just as they were beginning their ascent in the <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a>, became an immediate starter at <a href="/wiki/Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive tackle">right offensive tackle</a> and was named to the <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a> all-rookie team. With great quickness for his size, he became a dominant player on the Cowboys <a href="/wiki/Offensive_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive line">offensive line</a> for 13 seasons. </p><p>One of the terms of the merger agreement between the <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a> and the <a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">AFL</a> was that the Neely contract dispute be resolved. In <a href="/wiki/1966_NFL_season" title="1966 NFL season">1966</a>, the Cowboys finally agreed with the Oilers to send multiple draft choices (a first (#23-<a href="/wiki/Tom_Regner" title="Tom Regner">Tom Regner</a>), second (#49-<a href="/wiki/Roy_Hopkins_(American_football)" title="Roy Hopkins (American football)">Roy Hopkins</a>) and two fifth round choices (#119-<a href="/wiki/Willie_Parker_(defensive_tackle)" title="Willie Parker (defensive tackle)">Willie Parker</a> & #127-<a href="/wiki/Zeke_Moore_(American_football)" title="Zeke Moore (American football)">Zeke Moore</a>) in the <a href="/wiki/1967_NFL_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1967 NFL draft">1967 NFL draft</a>), pay all of the court costs and to start the annual pre-season game the <a href="/wiki/Governor%27s_Cup_(Texas)" title="Governor's Cup (Texas)">Governor's Cup</a> between the two teams.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Neely was a four-time <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> and a two-time <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowler</a> in <a href="/wiki/1967_NFL_season" title="1967 NFL season">1967</a> and <a href="/wiki/1969_NFL_season" title="1969 NFL season">1969</a>. In <a href="/wiki/1970_NFL_season" title="1970 NFL season">1970</a>, he was moved to <a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">right guard</a> during <a href="/wiki/Training_camp_(NFL)" title="Training camp (NFL)">training camp</a>, because of the improved play of <a href="/wiki/Rayfield_Wright" title="Rayfield Wright">Rayfield Wright</a> at right tackle, in order for the team to have the best player combination possible in the <a href="/wiki/Offensive_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive line">offensive line</a>. He replaced <a href="/wiki/Tony_Liscio" title="Tony Liscio">Tony Liscio</a> who had a back injury at <a href="/wiki/Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive tackle">left offensive tackle</a> during the fifth game of the season. The move became permanent and Neely manned the position until <a href="/wiki/1977_NFL_season" title="1977 NFL season">1977</a>, while continuing to be one of the NFL's premier <a href="/wiki/Offensive_linemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive linemen">offensive linemen</a>. </p><p>He was injured halfway into the Cowboys victorious <a href="/wiki/1971_NFL_season" title="1971 NFL season">1971</a> <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> season, when he fractured his left leg in an off-road motorcycle accident; forcing him to miss the last 7 games and the playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1977_NFL_season" title="1977 NFL season">1977</a>, Neely retired after the Cowboys won <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XII" title="Super Bowl XII">Super Bowl XII</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was selected to the <a href="/wiki/NFL_1960s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1960s All-Decade Team">NFL 1960s All-Decade Team</a>, though Neely has yet to join his bookend partner Wright, in the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> or in the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys_Ring_of_Honor" title="Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor">Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life_and_death">Later life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Neely&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018, the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Football_Researchers_Association" title="Professional Football Researchers Association">Professional Football Researchers Association</a> named Neely to the PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Neely died on January 5, 2022, at the age of 78.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was living with <a href="/wiki/Dementia" title="Dementia">dementia</a> and the effects of <a href="/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy" title="Chronic traumatic encephalopathy">chronic traumatic encephalopathy</a> (CTE) prior to his death.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Player Award"><b>MVP</b></a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 <a href="/wiki/Craig_Morton" title="Craig Morton">Craig Morton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 <a href="/wiki/Toni_Fritsch" title="Toni Fritsch">Toni Fritsch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 <a href="/wiki/Lance_Alworth" title="Lance Alworth">Lance Alworth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 <a href="/wiki/Mel_Renfro" title="Mel Renfro">Mel Renfro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hayes" title="Bob Hayes">Bob Hayes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 <a href="/wiki/Margene_Adkins" title="Margene Adkins">Margene Adkins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 <a href="/wiki/Herb_Adderley" title="Herb Adderley">Herb Adderley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 <a href="/wiki/Dan_Reeves" title="Dan Reeves">Dan Reeves</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Richardson" title="Gloster Richardson">Gloster Richardson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">32 <a href="/wiki/Walt_Garrison" title="Walt Garrison">Walt Garrison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">33 <a href="/wiki/Duane_Thomas" title="Duane Thomas">Duane Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">34 <a href="/wiki/Cornell_Green_(defensive_back)" title="Cornell Green (defensive back)">Cornell Green</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">35 <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Hill" title="Calvin Hill">Calvin Hill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">36 <a href="/wiki/Joe_Williams_(running_back,_born_1947)" title="Joe Williams (running back, born 1947)">Joe Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">37 <a href="/wiki/Ike_Thomas" title="Ike Thomas">Isaac Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">41 <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Waters" title="Charlie Waters">Charlie Waters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">42 <a href="/wiki/Claxton_Welch" title="Claxton Welch">Claxton Welch</a></span></li> <li><span 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