Place of birth Caldwell, Idaho Name Ron Hadley College Washington Role American football player | High school Boise (ID) 1987-88 San Francisco 49ers Positions Linebacker | |
Date of birth (1963-11-09) November 9, 1963 (age 52) NFL draft 1986 / Round: 5th / Pick: 132 | ||
Education University of Washington | ||
Ronald Arthur Hadley (born November 9, 1963) is a former professional football player, a linebacker with the NFL's San Francisco 49ers in 1987 and 1988, when the 49ers won Super Bowl XXIII.
Hadley attended the University of Washington from 1982–86, and was selected by the New York Jets in the 5th round of the 1986 NFL Draft, the 132nd overall pick.
Following his football career, and as a degreed engineer, Hadley began a career as an aviation and aerospace structures engineer working for the Boeing Commercial Airplane company, serving first as an engineer on the factory floor, and eventually as an engineering manager over multiple "twin aisle" airplane programs. Hadley was promoted into the management leadership team for the 787 airplane program in North Charleston, South Carolina. During the summer of 2017 Hadley was elevated to the level of director of Quality Assurance for the twin aisle airplane programs at the company's Everett, Washington factory, where 747's, 767's, 777's, 787's, and KC-46A U.S. airforce tankers are built.
He is a 1982 graduate of Boise High School, where he was the IHSAA A-1 Player of the Year in his senior season. He was a starter on both defense and offense (defensive end and tight end), and led the Boise Braves to the A-1 state championship as a junior and the state finals as a senior.