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Name        Mix, Ronald Jack    T | 74
Height/Wgt 6-4    250
College     USC
High School Hawthorne, CA
Born        03/10/38
In          LA
Drafted     1960 Round 1 Bos
Honors      AFL All-Star Games 1962,63,64,65,66,68,69
            Most Valuable Player 1962
                        Breitbard Hall of Fame [San Diego Hall of Champions] 1975
            Football Hall of Fame 1979
            Chargers Hall of Fame 1978
            All-time Chargers team, 2000
Record:
1960 LAC           14 games
1961 SD            10 games KR 1-0
1962 SD            14 games
1963 SD            14
1964 SD            14
1965 SD            14
1966 SD            14
1967 SD            14
1968 SD            14
1969 SD             8
1971 Oak
Total             142 games KR 1-0
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Mix honored for football glory days of 30 years ago
Anne Krueger
STAFF WRITER

November 20, 2000

Ron Mix' s football career ended more than 30 years ago, but a lifetime of
awards and honors for his performance as a San Diego Charger continue to
this day.

This month, the Hall of Famer was among former players who were honored
at Qualcomm Stadium as members of the Chargers' 40th Anniversary team,
voted on by fans and the media.

Mix was an offensive tackle for the Chargers from 1960 to 1969. He joined
the team when it started in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego. At 6
feet 4 inches and 255 pounds, he was one of the biggest men in the league for
his position at the time.

Mix was an all-AFL selection eight times and played in five of the first six
AFL championship games. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of
Fame in 1979.

Last year, Pro Football Digest selected him as the 28th greatest football
player of all time.

"Although I was selected higher than any other Charger, somehow I doubt
that if I and Dan Fouts and Lance Alworth and Kellen Winslow were in the
same room waiting to be selected by a football scout, that the scout would
say, ' I'll take that heavy-set fellow with the glasses.' ' " Mix said.

He also was selected to an all-time football dream team two years ago by
Sports Illustrated. Mix is restrained about the honors.

"None of those awards came with a cash award. It' s just the recognition. I
think there should have been something tangible -- a trophy, a gift certificate,"
he said jokingly. "Companies that don't even know me offer me a free cell
phone if I sign up for the service. Why can't these other organizations give
you something with an award like that?"

Mix, who went to law school while he was a Charger, became an attorney
after he retired from football. Among his clients have been several former
athletes.

In 1985, Mix was accused in a civil lawsuit of legal malpractice. He had
represented a general contractor who claimed he invested money in real
estate projects that were never built. Mix and two other defendants were
ordered to pay a $1.7 million judgment, but the award was later set aside and
the case settled for a lesser undisclosed amount.

Mix, 62, now practices business and real estate law with the Sorrento Valley
firm of Kolodny and Pressman. He and his wife of 37 years, Patti, also
market sets of autographed limited-edition art cards of Hall of Fame players
through their Web site http://www.halloffamecards.com. He said he still goes
to several Charger games each season, and watches the rest of the games on
television. Like many other Charger fans, he' s been frustrated by their losing
season.

"I think there's been major front-office mistakes over the past six or seven
years, which has resulted in the team simply not having the talent to win," he
said. "But the team never quits and I still like watching them. They give a full
effort to everything they've got."

Despite his years away from the playing field, Mix said he still has fond
memories of his football days.

"To be paid for having fun -- it's just hard to imagine," Mix said. "You' re
doing something you' re good at. You get attention. The child in us likes that."