{{Short description|American football player (born 1969)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Harry Colon | number = 40, 21, 24, 29 | position = Cornerback, safety | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|02|14}} | birth_place = Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 203 | high_school = Washington (Kansas City) | college = Missouri | draftyear = 1991 | draftround = 8 | draftpick = 196 | expansiondraftyear = 1995 | expansiondraftround = 23 | expansiondraftpick = 45 | undraftedyear = | pastteams = * New England Patriots ({{NFL Year|1991}}) * Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1992|1994}}) * Jacksonville Jaguars ({{NFL Year|1995}}) * Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1997}}) | highlights = * First-team All-Big Eight (1990) | statlabel1 = Tackles | statvalue1 = 238 | statlabel2 = Sacks | statvalue2 = 1.0 | statlabel3 = Interceptions | statvalue3 = 6 | statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue4 = 4 | pfr = ColoHa20 }}
'''Harry Lee Colon'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Colon Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ColoHa20.htm |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> (born February 14, 1969)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/harrycolon/profile?id=COL746263 |title=Harry Colon |publisher=National Football League |access-date=December 16, 2009}}</ref> is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for the Missouri Tigers, Colon was selected by the New England Patriots in the eighth round of the 1991 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1991 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1991/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.footballdb.com/players/harry-colon-colonha01 |title=Harry Colon |publisher=The Football Database |access-date=December 16, 2009}}</ref> He played in the NFL for six years, playing for the New England Patriots (1991),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patriots.com/alumni/index.cfm?pn=4&ac=alumnibios|title=Alumni Bios|publisher=New England Patriots|access-date=December 16, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060601061614/http://www.patriots.com/alumni/index.cfm?pn=4&ac=alumnibios|archive-date=June 1, 2006}}</ref> the Detroit Lions (1992–1994, 1997),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://prod.www.lions.clubs.nfl.com/assets/docs/AllTimeRoster_08.pdf |title=Detroit Lions All-Time Roster |publisher=Detroit Lions |access-date=December 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091222014022/http://prod.www.lions.clubs.nfl.com/assets/docs/AllTimeRoster_08.pdf |archive-date=December 22, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Jacksonville Jaguars (1995).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jaguars.com/News/pdf/2009/2008Review-History.pdf |title=Jacksonville Jaguars All-Time Roster |work=2009 Jacksonville Jaguars Media Guide |publisher=Jacksonville Jaguars |access-date=December 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102011039/http://jaguars.com/news/pdf/2009/2008Review-History.pdf |archive-date=January 2, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 1995 NFL expansion draft.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 16, 1995 |title=NFL Expansion Draft |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/02/16/nfl-expansion-draft/ |access-date=November 2, 2023 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref> He had to retire during the 1997 season due to a condition in his neck.
He now resides in Houston, Texas, where he is head coach of the football team and head of the athletics department at John H. Reagan High School.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.positivecoach.org/subcontent.aspx?SecID=3412 |title=Harry Colon |publisher=Positive Coaching Alliance |access-date=December 16, 2009 |archive-date=April 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403195013/http://www.positivecoach.org/subcontent.aspx?SecID=3412 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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