Pro Football Hall-of-Famer and Thomson native, Ray Guy, dies after illness

MARY: Coverage you can count on begins this noon with breaking news just into the newschannel 6 newsroom. Ray Guy — the only punter in the N-F-L Hall of Fame — and a product of Thomson high school — has died. from Southern Miss — where guy played college football — he died this morning after a lengthy illness. Guy — who was born in Swainsboro — was the first punter ever drafted in the NFL. He played for the Oakland and Los Angeles raiders from 19-73 to 19-86. He was an all-pro six times and played in the pro

bowl 7 times. After a lengthy wait, he was finally enshrined in the pro-football hall of fame in 2014 becoming the first punter to ever earn that honor. Guy is also the namesake of the “Ray Guy Award” given by the Augusta Sports Council to the best punter in college football each year. Again, N-F-L great and local native Ray Guy has died at age 73. Our deepest condolences to his We’ll have much more on this breaking news coming up on newschannel 6 starting this afternoon at 4. MARY: Coverage you can count on begins this noon with the

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