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Ron Kramer
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End, Michigan, 1954–⁠56

Ron Kramer

Lettered 1954–⁠56 (school media guide)

Born
Jun 24, 1935, in Girard, Kansas
Died
Sep 11, 2010, in Fenton, Michigan

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Ron Kramer played end at Michigan (1954–⁠56). He finished sixth in the 1956 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1955 and 1956. The Green Bay Packers took Kramer in the first round, No. 4 overall in the 1957 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1978.

Best season
1956
Consensus All-American and First-team All-Big Ten
Heisman vote
6th
In the 1956 vote
Drafted
No. 4
Overall, 1957 NFL Draft (Green Bay Packers)

Honors

All-America: consensus 1955 and 1956; INS second team 1954; AP third team 1954; UP third team 1954; Central Press first team 1954

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

In the NFL

Pro Bowl: 1962 · First-team All-Pro (AP): 1962 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 1963

All-Pro teams: AP first team 1962; AP second team 1963; Pro Football Illustrated first team 1961.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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