Yale Lary, the former North Side High School standout who became one of the National Football League’s greatest players, is dead.
He was 86. Lary died Thursday night.
“He was a great dad,” Yale Lary Jr. said Friday morning. “He was a loving and forgiving dad.”
Lary played safety and punter during his 11-year career with the Detroit Lions from 1952-64. He was a three-time All-Pro and nine-time Pro Bowler. He led the league three times in yards per punt and finished with 50 career interceptions. He missed two seasons, 1954 and 1955, because of military duties.