Ron Yary
Trade history, asset movement, verdicts, and team impact for Ron Yary.
Trade Impact Summary
Ron Yary appears in 2 trade records in the TradeVerdicts database.
Related Trades
Minnesota traded away Hall of Fame OT Ron Yary (the 1968 #1 overall pick from the Tarkenton return) to the Rams for a 1983 10th-round pick (#255-Melvin Brown, who never appeared in an NFL game). Yary was 36 and at career's end, but the return — essentially nothing — underscores how completely the franchise failed to extract value.
Minnesota sent Tarkenton and received four picks: 1967 1st (#2-Clint Jones, solid RB), 1967 2nd (#28-Bob Grim, WR/KR), 1968 1st (#1-Ron Yary, HOF OT), and 1969 2nd (#39-Ed White, Pro Bowl G). Yary alone justifies the trade for Minnesota. The franchise remained competitive without Tarkenton, winning the 1969 NFL Championship.