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| Positions | Defensive tackle Defensive end | ||||||
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| Born | (1946-10-17)October 17, 1946 Petoskey, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||
| Died | August 14, 2020(2020-08-14) (aged 73) Goodyear, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 248 lb (112 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| College | Colorado | ||||||
| NFL draft | 1972: 1st round, 16th overall pick | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
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Herbert Vaughn Orvis (October 17, 1946 – August 14, 2020) was an American professionalfootball player who was adefensive tackle for theDetroit Lions and theBaltimore Colts in a ten-year career that lasted from1972 to1981 in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theColorado Buffaloes.
Orvis went toBeecher High School. He joined theUnited States Army prior to his senior year at Beecher High School. Orvis was able to receive his high school diploma after serving overseas in the military.[1] Orvis played college football at theUniversity of Colorado. Orvis was a 1971 All-American and twice earned first-team All-Big Eight honors. He was named to the 1970s All-Big Eight Decade team. In 1971, CU finished ranked #3 in national polls. In 2014, Orvis was named to the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame.[2]
Orvis was drafted 16th overall in the first round of the1972 NFL draft by the Lions, playing for five years with that team. The last four seasons of his playing career were with theBaltimore Colts which had acquired him from the Lions on May 1, 1978, forFreddie Scott and a fourth-round selection (107th overall) in theNFL draft which eventually becameHomer Elias one day later.[3][4]
In 1971 he was an All-American. Two times he received first-team All-Big Eight honors. He was inducted into the Colorado University Athletic Hall of Fame on October 30, 2014, and was named to its All-Century team, celebrating the first 100 years of Buffaloes’ football.[5]
After football, he grewcitrus fruit, owned an art gallery, and ran a construction business. He retired in 2013.[2]
Orvis was chosen to be inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame on January 8, 2015. The ceremony was held December 6, 2016 in New York City.[2] Orvis died on August 14, 2020, at the age of 73.[6]
This story originally ran in the program for the 59th NFF Annual Awards Dinner, where Herb Orvis was officially inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.