Mel Renfro
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Renfro in Super Bowl V in January 1971
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| No. 20 | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | December 30, 1941 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Portland (OR) Jefferson | ||||||||||
| College: | Oregon | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1964 / Round: 2 / Pick: 17 | ||||||||||
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1964 / Round: 10 / Pick: 79 (Oakland Raiders) |
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| Games: | 174 |
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| Interceptions: | 52 |
| INT yards: | 626 |
| Touchdowns: | 3 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Melvin Lacy "Mel" Renfro (born December 30, 1941) is a former American football player, a cornerback who spent his entire 14-year career in the National Football League (NFL) with the Dallas Cowboys. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Born in Houston, Texas, Renfro moved with his family to Portland, Oregon, and he attended its Jefferson High School, starring as a two-way football player and track and field athlete. As a sophomore and junior, he contributed to his team achieving a 23–0 record, including consecutive Class A-1 football state championships in 1957 and 1958. The Democrats' 1958 team is regarded as one of the greatest in Oregon prep history, which had a backfield that included him at halfback, quarterback Terry Baker (1962 Heisman Trophy winner at Oregon State), halfback Mickey Hergert (one of the leading ground gainers in the nation at Lewis & Clark College) and his brother Raye Renfro at fullback (in 1958 he broke a Portland Interscholastic League record with 24 touchdowns). After Baker graduated, Renfro saw playing time at quarterback as a senior in 1959 and was also an all-state selection at running back, as Jefferson pursued a third consecutive title. They again advanced to the championship game, played before more than 21,000 at Multnomah Stadium in Portland, but lost 7–6 to Medford.
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