Herbert Vaughn Orvis (October 17, 1946 – August 14, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Colts in a ten-year career that lasted from 1972 to 1981 in the National Football League (NFL).
He joined the United States Army prior to his senior year at Beecher High School.
The last four seasons of his playing career were with the Baltimore Colts which had acquired him from the Lions on May 1, 1978, for Freddie Scott and a fourth-round selection (107th overall) in the NFL draft which eventually became Homer Elias one day later.
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 grew citrus fruit, owned an art gallery, and ran a construction business.