Post by beavaristotle on Nov 3, 2022 13:52:05 GMT -8
all time great and the first punter to go to the Hall of Fame
Guy died Thursday morning at the age of 72 following a lengthy illness, according to his alma mater Southern Mississippi. In his time, he was a genuine offensive weapon for his breathtaking hang time, distance and accuracy inside the 20-yard line. He was even a first-round draft choice in 1973, a decision that seemed so absurd yet worked so well that it was used as proof to defend the Raiders’ later first-round pick of placekicker Sebastian Janikowski.
Guy was absurdly good at something almost all other practitioners in the sport’s history have been only intermittently, which is why they have been largely treated as mostly glorified day laborers. He was also a safety at Southern Miss, and was drafted a total of four times by the Braves, Astros, and Reds as a pitcher, meaning all his limbs were quality appendages. “He threw harder than (Ken) Stabler,” John Madden told The Athletic’s Vic Tafur in 2014. “There is no question he was a real football player. I just didn’t let him play. He was too valuable as a punter.”
Guy died Thursday morning at the age of 72 following a lengthy illness, according to his alma mater Southern Mississippi. In his time, he was a genuine offensive weapon for his breathtaking hang time, distance and accuracy inside the 20-yard line. He was even a first-round draft choice in 1973, a decision that seemed so absurd yet worked so well that it was used as proof to defend the Raiders’ later first-round pick of placekicker Sebastian Janikowski.
Guy was absurdly good at something almost all other practitioners in the sport’s history have been only intermittently, which is why they have been largely treated as mostly glorified day laborers. He was also a safety at Southern Miss, and was drafted a total of four times by the Braves, Astros, and Reds as a pitcher, meaning all his limbs were quality appendages. “He threw harder than (Ken) Stabler,” John Madden told The Athletic’s Vic Tafur in 2014. “There is no question he was a real football player. I just didn’t let him play. He was too valuable as a punter.”
