Jerry Shay

{{Short description|American football player (born 1944)}}

{{for|persons of a similar name|Gerry Shea (disambiguation)}}

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| number = 73, 78, 75

| position = Defensive tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|7|10}}

| birth_place = Gary, Indiana, U.S.

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| high_school = Gary (IN) Lew Wallace

| college = Purdue

| draftyear = 1966

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 7
(by the Minnesota Vikings){{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=MIN&lg=nfl&yr=1966 |title=1966 Minnesota Vikings |website=databaseFootball.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410185336/http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=MIN&lg=nfl&yr=1966 |access-date=July 9, 2020|url-status=usurped |archive-date=2007-04-10 }}

| afldraftyear = 1966

| afldraftround = 1

| afldraftpick = 4
(by the Denver Broncos){{cite web|url=http://www.remembertheafl.com/1966AFLDraft.html |title=American Football League Draft - 1966 |website=remembertheafl.com |access-date=July 9, 2020}}

| pastteams =

• Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|1966}}–{{NFL Year|1967}})
• Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1968}}–{{NFL Year|1969}})
• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1970}}–{{NFL Year|1971}})

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• First-team All-American (1965)
• First-team All-Big Ten (1965)
• Second-team All-Big Ten (1964)

| pfr = ShayJe20

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Jerome Paul Shay (born July 10, 1944) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, and New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SHAYJER01 |title=Jerry Shay |website=databaseFootball.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208102400/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SHAYJER01 |access-date=July 9, 2020|url-status=usurped |archive-date=2007-02-08 }} Shay played college football at Purdue University, he was named All-American by the American Football Coaches Association1965 College Football All-America Team#Ends 2 and was the seventh selection overall in the 1966 NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1966/draft.htm|title = 1966 NFL Draft Listing|website = Pro-Football-Reference.com}}

He was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1996,{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiana-football.org/?q=node/608|title = SHAY, JEROME P. | Indiana Football Hall of Fame}} and the Purdue University Hall of Fame in 2010.

Shay is currently the assistant director of College Scouting for the New York Giants and has been a member of the team's scouting staff since 1977.{{cite web|title=Giants Name Marc Ross Director of College Scouting|url=http://www.giants.com/news/eisen/story.asp?story_id=25558|last=Eisen|first=Michael|publisher=Giants.com|date=2007-05-18|access-date=2007-05-27|archive-date=2007-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630132944/http://www.giants.com/news/eisen/story.asp?story_id=25558|url-status=dead}}