Guy’s kicks went so high that one hit the Superdome scoreboard 90 feet above the field in a Pro Bowl that helped put “hang time” into the football vernacular.
HATTIESBURG, Miss — Ray Guy, the first punter to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Thursday. He was 72.
Southern Mississippi, where Guy starred before becoming the first punter ever taken in the first round of the NFL draft, said he died following a lengthy illness. 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 with
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