Ron Solt
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Position: | Guard |
Personal information | |
Born: | Bainbridge, Maryland | May 19, 1962
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 | |
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]
After making the Pro Bowl in 1987, Solt became entangled in a contract dispute and held out through the first month of the 1988 season, then was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles for their 1989 first round pick and their 1990 fourth round pick.[4]. Solt was suspended for four games at the beginning of the 1990 season for steroid use.[5] Solt resigned with the Colts as a Plan B free agent in 1992.[6]
References
- ^ "Ron Solt". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. 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.
- ^ The Philadelphia Eagles Tuesday acquired offensive guard Ron Solt
- ^ N.F.L. Bans 15 for Drugs or Steroids
- ^ Solt Signs With Colts
External links
- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Port Deposit, Maryland
- Sportspeople from the Delaware Valley
- Players of American football from Maryland
- American football offensive guards
- Maryland Terrapins football players
- Indianapolis Colts players
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- American Conference Pro Bowl players
- American football offensive lineman, 1960s birth stubs