Jerry Shay

Jerry Shay
Career information
Date of birth	(1944-07-10) July 10, 1944
Place of birth	Gary, Indiana
Position(s)	Defensive tackle
College	Purdue
NFL draft	1966 / Round: 1 / Pick 7
Career history
As player
1966–1967	Minnesota Vikings
1968–1969	Atlanta Falcons
1970–1971	New York Giants
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Jerome Paul "Jerry" Shay (born July 10, 1944 in Gary, Indiana) is a former American football defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, and New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). Shay played college football at Purdue University, he was named All-American by the American Football Coaches Association^[1] and was the seventh selection overall in the 1966 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings.^[2]

He was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1996,^[3] the Purdue University Hall of Fame in 2010.

Shay is currently the Assistant Director of College Scouting for the New York Giants and has been a member of the team's scouting staff since 1977.^[4]

References

↑ 1965 College Football All-America Team#Ends 2
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1966/draft.htm
↑ http://www.indiana-football.org/?q=node/608
↑ Eisen, Michael (2007-05-18). "Giants Name Marc Ross Director of College Scouting". Giants.com. Retrieved 2007-05-27.

1966 NFL draft first-round selections

Tommy Nobis Tom Mack Dick Leftridge Randy Beisler John Niland Charlie Gogolak Jerry Shay Carl McAdams Jim Grabowski Francis Peay Stan Hindman George Rice Gale Gillingham Milt Morin Sam Ball Randy Johnson

Minnesota Vikings first-round draft picks

Mason Dunaway Eller Snow Shay Jones G. Washington Page Yary Ward Hayden Siemon Foreman McNeill Riley Mullaney White Kramer Holloway Brown Martin Nelson Browner Millard Doleman Robinson Dozier McDaniel R. Smith D. Washington Steussie Alexander Stringer Clemons Rudd Moss Culpepper Underwood Hovan Bennett McKinnie Williams Udeze Williamson James Greenway Peterson Harvin Ponder Kalil H. Smith Floyd Rhodes Patterson Barr Bridgewater Waynes

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Minnesota Vikings 1966 NFL draft selections

Jerry Shay Jim Lindsey Don Hansen Ron Acks Doug Davis Bob Hall Wilbur Aylor Bob Meers Ron Green Stan Quintana Bob Petrella Larry Martin Howard Twilley Hugh Wright Jim Williams Monroe Beard Dale Greco Jesse Stokes

Denver Broncos first-round draft picks

LeClerc Gaiters Olsen Alexander Brown Shay Little Anderson Montgomery Odoms Armstrong Gradishar Wright Glassic Schindler Latimer Clark Smith Willhite Hinton Sewell Nattiel Gregory Atwater Croel Maddox Da. Williams Mobley Pryce Nash Wilson O'Neal Middlebrooks Lelie Foster D. J. Williams Cutler Moss Clady Moreno Ayers Thomas Tebow Miller S. Williams Roby Ray

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