:Ron Rector

{{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

| 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 All-Big Ten (1965)

| NFL = REC664464

| DatabaseFootball = RECTORON01

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Ronald S. Rector (May 29, 1944 – July 14, 1968) [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=wZJMF1LD7PcC&dat=19680715&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Rector Dies of Injuries"], Milwaukee Sentinel, July 15, 1968, p1-2 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 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.{{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}}