Ron Mix Ronald Jack Mix ( born on March 10 , 1938 in Los Angeles , California ) is a retired American football player . The offensive tackle is a member of the American Football League ( AFL ) All - Time Team and was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame . Mix attended the University of Southern California , and upon graduation played right tackle and guard for the AFL ' s Los Angeles / San Diego Chargers ( 1960 – 1969 ) and the NFL Oakland Raiders ( 1971 & 1972 ; taxi squad during 1972 ) . College career . A graduate of the University of Southern California , where he was an All American in 1959 , Mix was an original Los Angeles Charger in 1960 . Mix was also a member of the Delta Chi Fraternity . He was elected the National Jewish College Athlete of the Year . Professional football career . Because he had a Juris Doctor in Law degree , Mix was nicknamed " The Intellectual Assassin " for his physical play . Mix was called for a mere two holding penalties in ten years . Mix , who was listed at 6 ' 5 " and 270 pounds , was an early proponent of weightlifting to enhance athletic power . He was years ahead of the curve that soon at lineman and other football players taking up that practice to become better athletes . His power lifts included a military press above his head of 300 pounds , a clean and jerk above his head at 325 pounds , and a bench press of 425 pounds , all of the lifts considered to be exceptionally strong for that era of play . Although the Baltimore Colts picked him number 1 in 1960 , he chose to go to the AFL , where he had also been the number 1 draft pick . He was a factor in the Chargers ' early domination of the AFL ' s Western Division , and in San Diego helped them win an American Football League Championship in 1963 , when they defeated the Boston Patriots 51 - 10 in the championship game . He was elected to the AFL All - Star team for nine straight years as a Charger , is a member of the All - time All - AFL Team , and is one of only 20 men who played the entire 10 years of the AFL . He was the first Charger to have his number retired in 1969 after he announced he was quitting football after playing injured that season . He earned a law degree from the University of San Diego in 1970 . He told the Chargers he wanted play again , but they had found a replacement in Gene Ferguson . After Mix asked to be traded to the New York Jets , San Diego traded him to the Oakland Raiders for two high draft picks in 1970 and 1971 . The deal was contingent upon Mix unretiring and agreeing to play for Oakland . He played with the Raiders in 1971 . Then - Chargers owner Gene Klein , who hated the Raiders , unretired Mix ' s number . He was also the general manager of the WFL Portland Storm in 1974 . He was voted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979 . Mix is Jewish , and was also elected a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame , being elected to that in 1980 . He was the second player from the AFL to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame . Lance Alworth was the first in 1978 . After football . Mix currently practices law in San Diego , California with a practice focused on representing retired professional athletes in claims for workers ' compensation benefits . Prior to that , he was a civil litigator and received an AV rating , which is the highest rating an attorney can receive for skill and integrity .