playing_years databasefootball death_date birth_place |name playing_team article_title position birth_date college imagewidth
1933-1937 evanslon01 11 december 1992 fort worth , texas lon evans green bay packers lon evans
 tackle 25 december 1911 texas christian university 150px
lon evans

lon evans -lrb- december 25 , 1911 -- december 11 , 1992 -rrb- was a professional american football player who played offensive lineman for five seasons for the green bay packers in the national football league .
he was inducted into the green bay packers hall of fame in 1978 .
evans was born in fort worth , texas and attended polytechnic high school .
he then played at texas christian university for coach francis schmidt .
as a senior in 1932 , evans helped the tcu horned frogs to a southwest conference championship .
following his nfl career , evans became sheriff of tarrant county , texas .
nicknamed `` purple lawman '' , he held the county 's top law enforcement job from 1960 until his retirement in 1984 .
he was interred at fort worth 's cemetery greenwood memorial park along with ray renfro .
