28 Facts About Rayfield Wright

Larry Rayfield Wright was an American professional football player who was an offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League for 13 seasons.

Rayfield Wright is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 2006.

Rayfield Wright participated in the Ice Bowl against the Green Bay Packers for the NFL championship in his rookie season in 1967.

Rayfield Wright was a letterman in basketball, but he was unable to make the high school football team.

Rayfield Wright went to nearby Fort Valley State College to play college basketball, where he was a standout player.

Rayfield Wright was a Boy Scout who, at an early age, memorized Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken.

Rayfield Wright's performance was so strong that he won a starting role as right tackle before the first day of training camp in 1970.

For thirteen seasons, Rayfield Wright played more than 200 games, started at right tackle in six NFC Championship games, and played in five Super Bowls, winning two of them:.

Rayfield Wright earned his first of four All-Pro honors in 1971 and was voted that same year to the first of six straight Pro Bowls.

Rayfield Wright was named first- or second-team All-Pro each season from 1971 through 1976, earned three All-NFC honors, and the Cowboys led the league for total offense five times.

Rayfield Wright's blocking and leadership as the team's co-captain for seven years helped the Cowboys win 10 division titles and six conference crowns.

Rayfield Wright anchored the line for an offense that finished in the top ten in scoring all ten seasons of the 1970s, while helping pave the way for the first five 1,000-yard rushers in Cowboys' history.

Rayfield Wright played at a time when the right tackle was the most important spot on the offensive line, and was usually paired against the opponent's best pass rusher.

Rayfield Wright broke every time-honored mold previously held for men of his size.

Rayfield Wright was light on his feet and possessed an athleticism that had him miscast as a tight end and defensive end for the first three years of his NFL career.

Rayfield Wright had such quick feet that he was able to deal with some of the faster defensive ends and even the linebacker blitzes.

Rayfield Wright was presented with a number of individual awards following the conclusion of his career, including the NFL All-Super Bowl Team, the Dallas Cowboys 25th Anniversary Team, the Cowboys' own Ring of Honor, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and was named to the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1970s.

Rayfield Wright was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.

Rayfield Wright was a member of the NFL All-Time Super Bowl Team in 1990 and received the NFL Legends Award that same year.

Rayfield Wright was inducted into the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.

In 2004, Rayfield Wright was inducted in the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.

Rayfield Wright was officially inducted, with introduction by college coach Leon J "Stan" Lomax, during the Enshrinement Ceremony on August 6,2006 where his bust, sculpted by Scott Myers, was unveiled.

Rayfield Wright was inducted into the State of Georgia Hall of Fame, the Fort Valley Georgia Hall of Fame and the Griffin Georgia Hall of Fame.

In 1992, Rayfield Wright served as an assistant coach to the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League.

Rayfield Wright served as president of the NFL Alumni Chapter, "Caring for Kids" program in the mid-90s.

Rayfield Wright authored and published his autobiography Wright Up Front.

Rayfield Wright claimed to have suffered several concussions throughout his career, and struggled with memory loss, and claimed to have been in several car accidents caused by seizures.

Rayfield Wright joined other former NFL players in a class-action suit against the NFL accusing the league of hiding evidence of head trauma causing degenerative brain disease; the lawsuit was settled in 2015.