Terms of Service

• House, 57th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/11/1961 - 1/8/1963
  Democrat
  
• House, 56th Legislature
  1/13/1959 - 1/10/1961
  Democrat
  

(1) Not present at organization of the House 1/10/1961. Oath of office administered 1/11/1961, p. 23. House Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 57th Legislature, 3rd C.S., HSR 209. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

• Photograph. Yale Lary, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Yale Lary, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. Yale Lary, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Mentioned in chapter on "Playing Politics," Football's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of the Great Game's Outrageous Characters, Fortunate Fumbles, and Other Oddities. "Hall of Fame defensive back Yale Lary of the Detroit Lions was elected to the Texas legislature in 1958 while he was still active as a player." Google Books .
• "Finds Terms Unsuitable" (under "Randall Nine Continues Hot"), The Bend Bulletin, 7/13/1961, p. 2. "Yale Lary, a member of the Texas state legislature," football player for Detroit Lions. Google News .
• United States Army, 1954-1955. Obituary, "Aggies' NFL Hall of Famer Yale Lary Dead at 86," 5/13/2017. Houston Chronicle .
• Yale Lary (Robert Yale Lary) biographical sketch, football statistics, career capsule, photos. Birth date 11/24/1930 in Fort Worth. Pro Football Hall of Fame 2010.

Committee Information

• 57th R.S. - 1961
• Agriculture  
• Counties  
• Enrolled Bills  
• Labor  
• Public Printing (Vice Chair) 
• Texas Turnpike Authority Problems  
• 56th R.S. - 1959
• Banks and Banking  
• Counties  
• Education  
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• State Affairs