Ronald Jack Mix (born March 10, 1938) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle.
While playing in Oakland for the Raiders he was a part of the only offensive line in NFL history to be composed entirely all Hall of Famers.
Art Shell, Gene Upshaw, Jim Otto, Ron Mix, and Bob Brown from left to right.
An eight-time AFL All-Star (1961–1968) and a nine-time All-AFL (1960–1968) selection, he is also a member of the Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame.
Mix was born in Los Angeles, California, grew up in its Boyle Heights neighborhood, and is Jewish.
Mix went to the University of San Diego Law School in the off-season and earned a Juris Doctor degree in 1971.
The Colts, telling him the league would flop in a year, declined, and Mix elected to sign with Los Angeles.
Mix was the first white player in the 1965 AFL All-Star game in New Orleans to step forward and join his black teammates in a civil rights boycott.
The racist environment of New Orleans caused the black players to say they weren't playing in a city that denied them the most basic rights (to eat, to get a cab, etc.).
After he asked to be traded to the New York Jets, San Diego dealt him to the Oakland Raiders for two high draft picks in 1970 and 1971.
[13] Mix practiced law in San Diego, California with his business focused on representing retired professional athletes in claims for workers' compensation benefits.
Federal prosecutors said Mix got referrals for clients from a non-lawyer, a former professional basketball player client of his named Kermit Washington and that Mix made contributions to two charitable foundations run by Washington that supported a school and other causes in Africa.