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Ray Guy Passed Away This Morning
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:10 am
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:10 am
Best ever?
Football 11/3/2022 10:00:00 AM
Southern Miss Mourns the Passing of Golden Eagle Great Ray Guy
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Southern Miss family mourns today following the passing of Golden Eagle great Ray Guy, who died Thursday morning following a lengthy illness.
Considered by many as the "greatest punter of all time," Guy took the final step of his football journey by being elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014.
Sothern Miss
Football 11/3/2022 10:00:00 AM
Southern Miss Mourns the Passing of Golden Eagle Great Ray Guy
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Southern Miss family mourns today following the passing of Golden Eagle great Ray Guy, who died Thursday morning following a lengthy illness.
Considered by many as the "greatest punter of all time," Guy took the final step of his football journey by being elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014.
Sothern Miss
This post was edited on 11/3/22 at 10:12 am
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Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:11 am to MorbidTheClown
RIP
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:13 am to MorbidTheClown
Yep, when asked who the greatest punter, ever was… I always say Ray
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:15 am to MorbidTheClown
RIP
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:15 am to CamdenTiger
For all of Ray Guy’s accomplishments in college and in the NFL, the one he might be most famous for was a quirky little event during a Pro Bowl in the Louisiana Superdome.
“That’s the single thing I get asked about the most,” said the former Raiders punter.
That thing was a punt that Guy rocketed skyward toward the roof that Monday night of Jan. 26, 1976. The ball climbed like a jet on takeoff. It was still ascending when it struck the overhanging gondola and video screen, some 90 feet above, before the ball tumbled back down on to the field.
No one had ever done that.
“It was nothing like ... pre-planned,” Guy recalled.
“That’s the single thing I get asked about the most,” said the former Raiders punter.
That thing was a punt that Guy rocketed skyward toward the roof that Monday night of Jan. 26, 1976. The ball climbed like a jet on takeoff. It was still ascending when it struck the overhanging gondola and video screen, some 90 feet above, before the ball tumbled back down on to the field.
No one had ever done that.
“It was nothing like ... pre-planned,” Guy recalled.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:15 am to CamdenTiger
Only punter I know of drafted in the first round.
Guy was a hell of an athlete and could have played elsewhere had his punting career not worked out.
Guy was a hell of an athlete and could have played elsewhere had his punting career not worked out.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:15 am to MorbidTheClown
I believe he had a 90yard punt
This post was edited on 11/3/22 at 10:17 am
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:16 am to RogerTheShrubber
i guess erxleben doesn't really count as only a punter
This post was edited on 11/3/22 at 10:16 am
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:17 am to MorbidTheClown
Wore #44 at USM (Mississippi Southern?)
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:19 am to MorbidTheClown
Absolutely
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:19 am to RogerTheShrubber
He was drafted 23rd overall...then the Saints said "Hold my beer...", and drafted Russell Erxleben 11th overall. 
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Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:21 am to MorbidTheClown
quote:
That thing was a punt that Guy rocketed skyward toward the roof that Monday night of Jan. 26, 1976. The ball climbed like a jet on takeoff. It was still ascending when it struck the overhanging gondola and video screen, some 90 feet above, before the ball tumbled back down on to the field.
Never understood why the Superdome would not bring back the "gondola" with actual HD video screens.
RIP Ray Guy.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:24 am to Y.A. Tittle
From 1973, neither Guy nor Al Davis were not just another pretty face:
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:25 am to soccerfüt
quote:
Wore #44 at USM
Was also a starting safety, great athlete
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:32 am to Lakeboy7
Travesty that this didn't happen until 2014
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:37 am to MorbidTheClown
I remember when he hit the scoreboard in the Superdome
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:38 am to MorbidTheClown
Appropriate this news broke today because there’s going to be punts galore on TNF tonight between those two teams
This post was edited on 11/3/22 at 10:39 am
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:38 am to MorbidTheClown
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:38 am to MorbidTheClown
RIP. The first great punter (after George Blanda)
Posted on 11/3/22 at 10:39 am to MorbidTheClown
RIP - Best punter ever!
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