Ron Solt

No. 66, 65

Position:

Guard

Personal information

Date of birth:

May 19, 1962

Place of birth:

Bainbridge, Maryland

Height:

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight:

279 lb (127 kg)

Career information

College:

Maryland

NFL draft:

1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 19

Career history

Career highlights and awards

1× Pro Bowl selection (1987)
Eagles Ed Block Courage Award recipient (1990)

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

Ronald Matthew Solt (born May 19, 1962) is a former American football guard in the National Football League. He played professionally for the Indianapolis Colts and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Biography

Solt was born in Bainbridge, Maryland and graduated from James M. Coughlin High School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.^[1] He played college football at the University of Maryland.

He was drafted in the first round (nineteenth overall) of the 1984 NFL Draft.^[2] The Colts selected Solt with the draft pick received in the trade with the Denver Broncos, which had been forced by John Elway after he refused to play in Baltimore the year prior.^[3]

References

↑ "Ron Solt". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
↑ "Ron Solt". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
↑ What if the Colts had called John Elway's bluff?, ESPN, February 24, 2007.

External links

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1984 NFL draft first-round selections

Irving Fryar Dean Steinkuhler Carl Banks Kenny Jackson Bill Maas Mossy Cade Ricky Hunley Leonard Coleman Rick Bryan Russell Carter Wilber Marshall Alphonso Carreker Keith Millard Jackie Shipp Ron Faurot Pete Koch Clyde Duncan Don Rogers Ron Solt David Lewis John Alt Terry Taylor Louis Lipps Todd Shell Billy Cannon, Jr. Greg Bell William Roberts Brian Blados

Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts first-round draft picks

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Indianapolis Colts 1984 NFL Draft selections

Leonard Coleman Ron Solt Blaise Winter Chris Scott Craig Curry George Wonsley Golden Tate Kevin Call Dwight Beverly Eugene Daniel Bob Stowe Steve Hathaway Paul Bergmann (supp.) Albert Bentley (supp.) Byron Smith (supp.)

Philadelphia Eagles Ed Block Courage Award recipients

1984: Spagnola
1985: Jaworski
1986: Schulz
1987: Feehery
1988: Hopkins
1989: Quick
1990: Solt
1991: Alexander
1992: Brown
1993: Waters
1994: Barnett
1995: Garner
1996: Turner
1997: Hall
1998: Taylor
1999: Mamula
2000: Martin
2001: Staley and Brasher
2002: Barber
2003: Buckhalter
2004: Burgess
2005: Lewis
2006: McDougle
2007: Reagor
2008: Dorenbos
2009: Vick
2010: Avant
2011: Patterson
2012: Anderson
2013: Kelce
2014: Maclin

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