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Ray Guy
Ray Guy became the first punter ever selected in the first round of a National Football League draft when the Oakland Raiders tapped him as the 23rd player chosen in 1973. The 6-3, 195-pounder from Southern Mississippi spent his entire 14-season, 207-game career with the Raiders. His career punting average was an excellent 42.4 yards and he averaged more than 40 yards 13 of his 14 seasons. The only time he fell below the 40-yard average mark came during the strike shortened (9 games) 1982 season, when he averaged 39.1 yards. Only three of his 1,049 punts were blocked and he ranked second all-time at the time of his retirement by punting 619 straight times without a block in a period from the 1979 season until the end of his career in 1986.
Guy led the NFL in punting in 1974, 1975, and 1977 and finished second three times and third once. A veteran of 22 post-season games, he added 111 punts for a 42.4 average to his career totals. He played in seven Pro Bowls and was named All-Pro six times and All-AFC seven times. His top seasonal average – 45.3 yards on 69 punts –
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Ray Guy, Hall of Fame punter with Raiders, dies at age of 72
Ray Guy, the greatest punter in the history of professional football, died Thursday following a lengthy illness, his alma mater, Southern Mississippi, announced. He was 72.
In 1973, Guy became the first punter selected in the first round of the NFL draft in the league's history, launching a legendary career that would see him enshrined as the first pure punter in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. The punter earned three first-team All-Pro selections and seven trips to the Pro Bowl during his 14-year career spent exclusively with the Raiders, appearing in every game (207 total) and reaching three Super Bowls (XI, XV, XVIII).
Guy established himself as the game's top punter, leading the NFL in gross punt average in three separate seasons and holding the Raiders record for most career punts (1,049). Guy had just three punts blocked in his career and ended his career with a streak of 619 consecutive punts without a block.
Along the way, he dropped 210 punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line, a total that d
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Ray Guy
American football player (1949–2022)
This article is about the American football punter. For the Canadian humorist, see Ray Guy (humorist).
American football player
Guy playing for the Los Angeles Raiders in 1985 | |
| Position: | Punter |
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| Born: | (1949-12-22)December 22, 1949 Swainsboro, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died: | November 3, 2022(2022-11-03) (aged 72) Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| High school: | Thomson (Thomson, Georgia) |
| College: | Southern Miss (1970–1972) |
| NFL draft: | 1973 / round: 1 / pick: 23 |
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College Football Hall of Fame | |
William Ray Guy (December 22, 1949 – November 3, 2022) was an American professional footballpunter who played for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL).[1] Guy was a first-team All-American selection in 1972 as a senior for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, and is the only pure punter ever to be drafted in the first round of the NF
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