Ron Saul

{{Short description|American football player (1948–2021)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Use American English|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| position = Guard

| number = 64

| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|2|5}}

| birth_place = Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|06|16|1948|2|5}}

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| weight_lb = 255

| height_in = 2

| draftyear = 1970

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 110

| high_school = Butler (PA)

| college = Michigan State

| teams =

• Houston Oilers ({{NFL Year|1970}}–{{NFL Year|1975}})
• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1976}}–{{NFL Year|1981}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-American (1969)
• First-team All-Big Ten (1969)
• Second-team All-Big Ten (1968)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 142

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 91

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 4

| pfr = S/SaulRo20

}}

Ronald Reed Saul (February 5, 1948 – June 16, 2021) was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Michigan State University and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1970 NFL draft.{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/former-washington-offensive-lineman-ron-205103184.html|title=Former Washington offensive lineman Ron Saul dies at 73|first=Charean|last=Williams|date=June 17, 2021|publisher=Yahoo! Sports|access-date=June 17, 2021|archive-date=June 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627222505/https://sports.yahoo.com/former-washington-offensive-lineman-ron-205103184.html|url-status=dead}}

Ron had two brothers that also played in the NFL; his older brother Bill Saul, and his twin brother Rich Saul, who also played for Michigan State.{{cite press release|url=https://msuspartans.com/news/2021/6/17/football-former-spartan-all-american-ron-saul-passes-away.aspx|title=Former Spartan All-American Ron Saul Passes Away|date=June 17, 2021|publisher=Michigan State Athletics}}