RON MEYER - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 52512

RON MEYER
The two-time AFC Coach of the Year is shown from the shoulders up in this 5x8 black and white photograph.
Inscribed Photograph signed: "To Bill Wood/Ron Meyer", B/w 5x8. Football coach Ron Meyer was born on February 17, 1941 in Miami Beach, Florida. He began his head coaching career at the University of Las Vegas where he coached from 1971 until 1975, leading the team to an 11-0 record in 1974. He left UNLV to become head coach at Southern Methodist University. Coaching there from 1976 until 1981, his team won the Southern Conference Championship in 1981. In 1982 Meyer moved on to coach in the National Football League and was named the AFC Coach of the Year in his first season. That season he led the New England Patriots to the playoffs and defeated the Miami Dolphins in the now famous "Snowplow Game". He was fired by the Patriots in 1984 but would return to the in NFL in 1986 as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts. After leading the 0-13 1986 Colts to three victories to end their season, he coached the 1987 team to the AFC East Division Title and was named AFC Coach of the Year for a second time. He remained head coach of the Colts until 1991, but the team would never return to the playoffs during that time. After his time as a NFL head coach Meyer coached in the Canadian Football League, the XFL and was a sports analyst for CNN and the Canadian sports station The Score. Mounting residue on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.