Ray Guy, First Pro Football Hall of Fame Punter, Dies at 72

Ray Guy, First Pro Football Hall of Fame Punter, Dies at 72
Hall of Fame inductee Ray Guy poses during the 2014 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, on Aug. 2, 2014. Tony Dejak/AP Photo
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HATTIESBURG, Miss.—Ray Guy, the first punter to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Thursday, Nov. 3. 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.