Ray Guy
Guy playing for the Los Angeles Raiders in 1981 | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Punter | ||||||||||||
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| Born | December 22, 1949 Swainsboro, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died | November 3, 2022 (aged 72) Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Thomson (Thomson, Georgia) | ||||||||||||
| College | Southern Miss (1970–1972) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1973: 1st round, 23rd overall pick | ||||||||||||
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William Ray Guy (December 22, 1949 – November 3, 2022) was an American professional football punter who played for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). 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 NFL draft, when the Raiders selected him with the 23rd overall pick in the 1973 NFL draft. He won three Super Bowls with the Raiders. Guy was elected to both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. An eight-time All-Pro, Guy is widely considered to be the greatest punter of all time.
With his induction to the Hall of Fame on August 2, 2014, he became the first pure punter to be so honored.