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- Yale_Lary abstract "Robert Yale Lary (born November 24, 1930 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a former American football player.After graduating from North Side High School in 1949, he attended Texas A&M University, where he was a standout in football and baseball. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the third round in the 1952 NFL Draft.Lary was a superlative defensive back from 1956 to 1964, with time out for a tour of Army duty in 1954-55. Yale Lary also became one of the best punters in the game's history upon his return from the service. He was a key contributor for the Lions as they claimed three NFL World Championships in 1952, 1953 and 1957.Lary played in the defensive backfield alongside Dick Lane, Jack Christiansen and Jim David on "Chris' Crew" in the early 1960s, when Detroit was one of the best pro teams of the era. The position he played is known today as free safety - the center fielder of the defensive backfield. He made 50 career interceptions, and only recently (with expanded schedules allowing for more opportunities per season) has Lary been pushed from the top 20 list in NFL career interceptions.He remains third on the Lions list, and his 787 career return yards is No. 2 in Detroit history behind Lem Barney's 1,015. He not only excelled as a safety, but he was an exceptional punter. Lary won punting titles in 1959, 1961 and 1963, missing another one in 1962 by just 3.6 inches. A year he didn't win, 1960, Detroit opponents averaged less than one yard per return on his punts. From the end zone, Lary could consistently punt past midfield with enough hang time to let the coverage team get downfield and do its work. According to Paul Hornung in 2004, he was the best punter ever.Once, Lary had a string of six games and 32 punts with no returns, and he had just four punts blocked out of 503 in his career. Lary also returned kickoffs in 1952-53 and 1956, scored three times on punt returns (longest: 74 yards in 1953), was named All-NFL four times and played in nine Pro Bowls. Lary was also a member of the All-Decade Team of the 1950s. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979.He is Past Potentate of Moslah Shrine in Ft. Worth. 1971".
- Yale_Lary activeYearsEndYear "1964".
- Yale_Lary activeYearsStartYear "1952".
- Yale_Lary birthDate "1930-11-24".
- Yale_Lary birthPlace Fort_Worth,_Texas.
- Yale_Lary birthYear "1930".
- Yale_Lary debutTeam Detroit_Lions.
- Yale_Lary draftPick "34".
- Yale_Lary draftRound "3".
- Yale_Lary draftYear "1952".
- Yale_Lary number "28".
- Yale_Lary position Punter_(football).
- Yale_Lary position Safety_(gridiron_football_position).
- Yale_Lary team Detroit_Lions.
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- Yale_Lary wikiPageWikiLinkText "Yale Lary".
- Yale_Lary birthDate "1930-11-24".
- Yale_Lary birthPlace Fort_Worth,_Texas.
- Yale_Lary caption "Lary on a 1952 Bowman football card".
- Yale_Lary college Texas_A&M_University.
- Yale_Lary dateOfBirth "1930-11-24".
- Yale_Lary debutteam "Detroit Lions".
- Yale_Lary debutyear "1952".
- Yale_Lary draftpick "34".
- Yale_Lary draftround "3".
- Yale_Lary draftyear "1952".
- Yale_Lary finalteam "Detroit Lions".
- Yale_Lary finalyear "1964".
- Yale_Lary hasPhotoCollection Yale_Lary.
- Yale_Lary highlights "1950.0".
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- Yale_Lary name "Lary, Yale".
- Yale_Lary nfl "LAR791020".
- Yale_Lary number "28".
- Yale_Lary placeOfBirth Fort_Worth,_Texas.
- Yale_Lary position Punter_(football).
- Yale_Lary position Punter_(football_position).
- Yale_Lary position Safety_(American_football_position).
- Yale_Lary position Safety_(gridiron_football_position).
- Yale_Lary shortDescription "Player of American football".
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