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{{Short description|American football player (1944–1968)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|05|29}}
| birth_place = [[Akron, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1968|07|14|1944|05|29}}
| death_place = [[Columbus, Ohio]], U.S.
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| number = 24, 29
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| position1 = [[Running back]]
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| college = [[Northwestern University|Northwestern]]
| NFLDraftedYear = 1966
| NFLDraftedRound = 9
| NFLDraftedPick = 138
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| playing_years1 = 1966
| playing_team1 = [[Green Bay Packers]]
| playing_years2 = 1966
| playing_team2 = [[Washington Redskins]]
| playing_years3 = 1966–1967
| playing_team3 = [[Atlanta Falcons]]
| career_highlights = 
* Second-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]] ([[1965 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1965]])
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| DatabaseFootball = RECTORON01
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'''Ronald S. Rector''' (May 29, 1944 – July 14, 1968) <ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=wZJMF1LD7PcC&dat=19680715&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Rector Dies of Injuries"], ''Milwaukee Sentinel'', July 15, 1968, p1-2</ref> was an [[American football]] [[running back]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Green Bay Packers]], the [[Washington Redskins]], and the [[Atlanta Falcons]].  He played [[college football]] at [[Northwestern University]] and was [[NFL Draft|drafted]] in the ninth round of the [[1966 NFL draft]].

On June 29, 1968, Rector suffered a fractured skull and a concussion as a result of a motorcycle accident on [[Interstate 71]] and died on July 14, 1968, as a result of these injuries.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Melody |first1=Tom |title=Death Ends Rector's Hope for 'Big Year' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-ron-rector-1968/22278367/ |newspaper=The Akron Beacon Journal |date=July 15, 1968 |page=2 |publisher=[[Akron Beacon Journal]] |access-date=7 February 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Green Bay Packers 1966 NFL draft picks}}
{{1966 Atlanta Falcons}}

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[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:1968 deaths]]
[[Category:American football running backs]]
[[Category:Atlanta Falcons players]]
[[Category:Green Bay Packers players]]
[[Category:Motorcycle road incident deaths]]
[[Category:Northwestern Wildcats football players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Akron, Ohio]]
[[Category:Washington Redskins players]]
[[Category:Road incident deaths in Ohio]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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