41 Facts About Ron Kramer

Ronald John Kramer was a multi-sport college athlete and professional American football player.

Ron Kramer's jersey was retired after Kramer's senior year, and he was inducted into both the College Football Hall of Fame and the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1978.

Ron Kramer was selected by the Green Bay Packers as the fourth pick in the 1957 NFL Draft and played for the Packers for seven seasons.

Ron Kramer was a key player on coach Vince Lombardi's first NFL championship teams in 1961 and 1962.

Ron Kramer was selected as a first-team All-NFL player in 1962 after catching 37 passes for 555 yards and seven touchdowns.

Ron Kramer played three seasons for the Detroit Lions from 1965 to 1967.

Ron Kramer attended East Detroit High School where he was an all-state player in football, basketball and track in high school.

Ron Kramer competed in the shot put and long jump in track.

In December 1952, Ron Kramer was named as an end on the United Press All-Michigan football team.

Ron Kramer was a three-sport athlete and led both the football and basketball teams in scoring for two years.

Ron Kramer played college football at the end position for the Michigan Woverines from 1954 through 1956.

Ron Kramer was the leading receiver for the Wolverines with 23 catches for 303 yards and two touchdowns.

Ron Kramer set a Michigan record with three touchdown passes in a game against Missouri in 1955.

Ron Kramer had his best collegiate season as a senior, starting all nine games in 1956 and the Wolverines ended at seventh in the final AP Poll.

Ron Kramer caught 18 passes for 353 yards and two touchdowns in 1956.

In three years at Michigan, Ron Kramer caught 53 passes for 880 yards and eight touchdowns.

Ron Kramer was known as an outstanding tackler and blocker.

Ron Kramer handled 31 punts for a 40.6 yard average, kicked two field goals, and successfully converted 43 of 51 extra point attempts.

Ron Kramer played at the center position and was selected as the basketball team's most valuable player as a junior.

Ron Kramer held the Michigan career scoring record of 1,119 points from 1957 until it was broken by John Tidwell in 1961.

Ron Kramer was a fifth round pick in the 1957 NBA draft, selected by the Detroit Pistons.

Ron Kramer played in the Midwest Professional Basketball League for two seasons.

Ron Kramer was the fourth overall selection in the 1957 NFL Draft, picked by the Green Bay Packers.

Ron Kramer received an offer in February 1957 to play with the all-star basketball team that toured with the Harlem Globetrotters; he rejected the offer to play professional basketball.

Ron Kramer returned to the Packers in 1959, but caught no passes that year and only four passes during the 1960 season.

Ron Kramer came to us, Ron did, with an I-don't-give-a-damn attitude.

Ron Kramer had great ability and great confidence in it but he just didn't use it.

Ron Kramer never let up and then one day, after nearly two years of that I guess, things just went click, click, click and Ron Kramer became a magnificent football player.

Ron Kramer reached his stride after moving to the tight end position during the 1961 season; that year, Ron Kramer had 35 catches for 559 yards and four touchdowns.

In 1962, Ron Kramer caught 37 passes for 555 yards and seven touchdowns and was selected to play in the Pro Bowl and as a first-team All-Pro player.

From 1961 to 1964, Ron Kramer had at least 500 receiving yards every season, averaging 16 yards per reception.

Ron Kramer became an integral part of Vince Lombardi's 1961 and 1962 teams that won the Packers' first NFL championships since 1944.

Ron Kramer played out his contract option with the Packers and, as a free agent, signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions in August 1965.

Ron Kramer had asked to be traded to the Lions so he could be closer to his wife and children.

Ron Kramer played three seasons for the Lions at the tight end position from 1965 to 1967.

Ron Kramer appeared in 39 games for the Lions, 13 as a starter.

Three weeks later, Ron Kramer announced that, despite receiving offers to play for several other teams, he was resigning from football to assume a position as vice president of Paragon Steel Corp.

In 10 NFL seasons, Ron Kramer appeared in 128 games and totaled 229 receptions for 3,272 yards and 16 touchdowns.

Ron Kramer spent 22 years at Paragon before establishing Ron Kramer Industries in 1981, a company which is still in business today.

Ron Kramer had two children, Kurtis Kramer and Cassandra Koehler.

On September 15,2012, Ron Kramer was recognized as a Michigan Football Legend and his jersey was unretired and given to Brandon Moore.