George Yarno
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| Position: | Guard | ||
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| Date of birth: | August 12, 1957 | ||
| Place of birth: | Spokane, Washington | ||
| Date of death: | August 8, 2016 (aged 58) | ||
| Place of death: | Spokane, Washington | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Weight: | 260 lb (118 kg) | ||
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| High school: |
Spokane Ferris (WA) & East Anchorage (AK) |
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| College: | Washington State | ||
| Undrafted: | 1979 | ||
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George Anthony Yarno (August 12, 1957 – August 8, 2016) was a professional football player, a guard for ten seasons in the National Football League with Tampa Bay, Atlanta, and Houston. He also played two seasons with the Denver Gold of the USFL.
Yarno worked as an offensive line coach for a number of collegiate and professional teams. After his release from the Detroit Lions following the 2012 season, Yarno accepted the offensive line coach job with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2013.
Born and raised in Spokane, Washington, Yarno was one of six children; his mother Wanda died in 1962 when he was just five. His older brother John (b. 1954) was an All-American center at Idaho, and later a five-year starter in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks. George attended Gonzaga Preparatory High School as a freshman, then spent two years in Alaska with his father and went to East Anchorage High School. He returned to Ferris for his senior year and graduated in 1975, then played four years at Washington State University in Pullman under head coaches Jim Sweeney and Jim Walden, as a nose tackle on defense.
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