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 Verfasst am: 15. Nov 2023 02:32 Titel: Ray Guy first Pro Football Hall of Fame punter dies at 72 |
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HATTIESBURG, Mi s. (AP) Ray Guy, the first punter to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Thursday. He was 72.Southern Mi si sippi, where Guy starred before becoming the first punter ever taken in the first round of the NFL draft, said he died following a lengthy illne s. He had been receiving care in a Hattiesburg-area hospice.Guy was drafted 23rd overall by Al Davis' Raiders in 1973 and played his entire 14-year career Damien Harris Jersey with the team. He was a three-time All-Pro selection. In 2014, he became exclusively for his punting.Guy was selected to the NFL's 75th anniversary team and the 1970's all-decade team. He was a three-time Super Bowl champion and seven-time Pro Bowl selection.A native of Thomson, Georgia, Guy is also a member of the College Football Football Hall of Fame and the National High School Sports Hall of Fame.At Southern Mi si sippi, Guy also played defensive back, He still shares the school single-season record for most interceptions with eight in 1972.Guy ended his NFL career in 1986 with a streak Arlington Hambright Jersey of 619 punts without having one blocked. Jahlani Tavai Jersey But it took nearly three decades for him to be selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.He was a finalist for induction seven times starting in 1992 without being voted in and didnt even make it that far on other occasions.That kind of bothered me because they were saying thats not a position, it doesnt take an athlete to do that, its not important, Guy said before his Hall of Fame induction in 2014. Thats what really got under my skin. It wasnt so much whether I did or didnt. I wish somebody had. It was just knowing that they Drew Bledsoe Jersey didnt care.Thats what kind of frosted me a little bit.Guy in many ways revolutionized the position.His kicks went so high that one that hit the Superdome scoreboard 90 feet above the field in a Pro Bowl helped put hang time into the football vernacular. His ability to pin the opponent deep with either high kicks or well-positioned ones was a key part of the succe s for the great Raiders teams of the 1970s and 80s.It was something that was given to me. I dont know how, he said. Im really ble sed in that category. Its something I really appreciate and I advanced it and I made it into something great.Guys statistics look somewhat pedestrian compared to todays punters. His career average of 42.4 yards per kick ranks 61st all time and his net average of 32.2 yards (excluding his Jalen Mills Jersey first three seasons when the statistic wasnt kept by the NFL) isnt even in the top 100.Yet, he still is considered by many as the best to ever play the position.___AP NFL coverage: hub/NFL and AP_NFL in this topic Click here Click here Click here |
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