Jerry Shay
Defensive tackle, American football player
1944 –
Who is Jerry Shay?
Jerome Paul "Jerry" Shay is a former American football defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, and New York Giants of the National Football League. Shay played college football at Purdue University, he was named All-American by the American Football Coaches Association and was the seventh selection overall in the 1966 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings.
He was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1996, 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.
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- Born
- Jul 10, 1944
Gary - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Purdue University
- Lived in
- Gary
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on July 23, 2013
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