Raymond Berry, Hall of Fame Colts Receiver and Patriots Coach, Dies at 93
Raymond Berry died May 25 at age 93. His family released the announcement through the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Monday.
rnz.co.nzRaymond Berry died on May 25 at age 93 while surrounded by family. Berry's family released a statement through the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Monday. Berry played 13 NFL seasons, all with the Baltimore Colts.
He earned six Pro Bowl selections and led the league three times in receptions and receiving yards and twice in receiving touchdowns. He was named to the NFL 100 all-time team and is a member of the Baltimore Ravens' Ring of Honor. Berry caught 12 passes for 178 yards and one touchdown in the 1958 NFL Championship Game.
The performance set a championship-game record that stood until 2014. The Colts defeated the New York Giants 23-17 in the first sudden-death game in NFL history. Berry won a second NFL championship with the Colts in 1959.
That season he led the league with 66 receptions, 959 receiving yards and 14 receiving touchdowns. The Colts selected Berry in the 20th round of the 1954 NFL draft as a future choice after he caught 33 passes in three seasons at SMU.
He finished his career in 1967 with 631 receptions for 9,275 yards and 68 touchdowns and recorded only one fumble. After 14 seasons as an assistant coach at the NFL and college level, Berry was named head coach of the New England Patriots in 1984. He guided the team to Super Bowl XX one season later, where the Patriots lost to the Chicago Bears.
Berry compiled a 48-39 record and won one AFC title before he was fired after the 1989 season. Berry had been fired by the Patriots as an assistant coach in 1981. Three seasons later the team hired him as head coach after dismissing Ron Meyer midseason.
"It was a great six years for me. I had some really great players, and you really enjoy coaching talent like that. And I still have New England fans to this day come up and talk about how much they enjoyed those years.
Nice to have satisfied customers," Berry told ESPN in 2008.
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