John Yarno
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| Position: | Center | ||
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| Date of birth: | December 17, 1954 | ||
| Place of birth: | Spokane, Washington | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||
| Weight: | 251 lb (114 kg) | ||
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| High school: |
Joel E. Ferris High School (& Gonzaga Prep) |
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| College: | Idaho | ||
| NFL Draft: | 1977 / Round: 4 / Pick: 87 | ||
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John Richard Yarno, Jr. (born December 17, 1954) is a former professional football player, an offensive lineman with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1977 NFL Draft by the Seahawks, the 87th overall pick, and played for six seasons, from 1977 through 1982.
Born and raised in Spokane, Washington, Yarno was one of six children and attended Gonzaga Prep through his junior year. He transferred to Ferris High School for his senior year and graduated in 1973. He was a second team ("honorable mention") all-city selection at center in the fall of 1972, when the Saxons won their third consecutive city league championship. As a senior, Yarno was 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) but under 200 lb (91 kg).
Left-handed and underweight for a center, Yarno was not highly recruited out of high school. He did not receive any offers from Pac-8 schools, only from Idaho and Boise State of the Big Sky conference. Idaho was a better fit for Yarno as it was closer to Spokane, a Division I program, and its offensive coordinator and line coach (Don Matthews) was a former head coach at Ferris and a UI alumnus. He also had familiarity with the college town of Moscow, the longtime residence of his maternal grandfather Lee Gregory (Yarno's mother, Wanda (1925–62), died when he was not yet eight), also a UI alum. Yarno selected Idaho, then under fourth-year head coach Don Robbins, who had led Idaho to its then-best record of 8-3 in 1971.
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