Detroit Lions Hall of Fame safety and punter Yale Lary (28) poses for a headshot in Detroit, 1960s. (Associated Press)

Hall of Fame punter, punt returner, defensive back and running back Yale Lary of the Detroit Lions. (National Football League)

Hall of Fame defensive back Yale Lary (28) of the Detroit Lions stops Rams Hall of Fame running back Ollie Matson (33) during the Lions 17-7 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on October 25, 1959 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. (National Football League)

Hall of Fame defensive back Yale Lary of the Detroit Lions. (Pro Football Hall of Fame)

Detroit Lions Hall of Fame safety and punter Yale Lary (28) punts the football during an NFL game against the Los Angeles Rams in the 1960s. (National Football League)

Yale Lary of Detroit Lions backfield on July 27, 1961. (Associated Press)

Jim Brown (32, with ball) of the Cleveland Browns and a member of the East All-Stars plunges over from the one-yard line in the first period of Pro Bowl game, Jan. 13, 1963, Los Angeles, Calif. The East score in little more than four minutes of the first period, after Bill Koman of the St. Louis Cardinals recovered a fumble on the West 26-yard line. Others in the picture include: Yale Lary (28), Gino Marchetti (83), Matt Hazeltine (48) and Bill Forester (71) of the West All-Stars; Jim Ray Smith (64) of the East. (AP Photo/Harold Filan)

Yale Lary, defensive back for the Detroit Lions on June 30, 1964. (Associated Press)

Yale Lary, left, defensive back with the Detroit Lions of the NFL, is sworn in as a member of the Texas House of Representatives, Jan .11, 1961 by House Speaker James A. Turman. Lary, who represents Fort Worth in the House, was a late arrival and missed the opening session in Austin. The former Texas A&M star was re-elected to a second term in the Legislature last year. (AP Photo/Ted Powers)

Yale Lary, right, Detroit Lions' star back, and newly-elected member of the Texas House of Representatives from Fort Worth, chats with a former football star, J. Gordon Bristow, House member from Big Spring, in Austin, Tex., Jan. 14, 1959. Lary, a former Texas A&M player, played in the Pro-Bowl game last Sunday and reported to his legislative post in time for the opening session. (AP Photo/Dave Taylor)

Dick Butkus, Ron Mix and Yale Lary, left to right, are shown in Los Angeles as they became the enshrinees of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Jan. 29, 1979, in Los Angeles. Formal ceremonies will be held in July. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

National Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees, from left, Dick Butkus, Yale Lary, Ron Mix and Johnny Unitas, pose with their busts after the enshrinement ceremony in Canton, Ohio, Aug. 6, 1982. (AP Photo)

Yale Lary poses with bust and drawing at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, after his acceptance speech, July 28, 1979. Lary played his college ball at Texas A&M and his pro ball with the Detroit Lions. (Associated Press)

Former Detroit Lions safety Yale Lary stands during a half time ceremony naming the teams 75th season all-time team during an NFL football in Detroit, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Detroit Lions great Yale Lary, center, greets Lem Barney during halftime of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Detroit, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)