Ray Guy, the first punter to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has died. He was 72. sports kprc2 click2houston nfl football
FILE - Hall of Fame inductee Ray Guy poses during the 2014 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, in Canton, Ohio. Ray Guy, the first punter to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, following a lengthy illness. He had been receiving care in a Hattiesburg, Miss. area hospice. He was 72. – Ray Guy, the first punter to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Thursday. He was 72.
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. Guy ended his NFL career in 1986 with a streak of 619 punts without having one blocked. But it took nearly three decades for him to be selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
“That’s what really got under my skin. It wasn’t so much whether I did or didn’t. I wish somebody had. It was just knowing that they didn’t care.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 success for the great Raiders teams of the 1970s and 80s.
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