Robert Moellering Fry (November 11, 1930 – November 10, 2019)[1] was a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at the University of Kentucky and was drafted in the third round of the 1953 NFL Draft. Fry attended Elder High School before moving on to the University of Kentucky, where he was coached by Paul “Bear” Bryant. He was a part of the freshman basketball team that Cliff Hagan and Frank Ramsey In 1950, he was named the starting offensive end as a sophomore and contributed to Kentucky’s best season under Bryant,[2] finishing with an 11-1 record and a 13-7 upset in the Sugar Bowl over the eventual national champions the University of Oklahoma, also ending the Sooners’ 31-game winning streak. As a senior, he was moved to the offensive tackle position and earned his second straight third-team All-SEC honors.
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