In 1940, the Green Bay Packers used the ninth pick in the first round of the 1940 NFL draft to sign Van Every out of the University of Minnesota.

Van Every then joined the United States Army for World War II, then transferred to the Air Corps after six months, becoming a bomber pilot.

He was taken prisoner and sent to Stalag Luft III, arriving just after the famous "Great Escape".

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