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David Carl Mann (June 2, 1932 – May 22, 2012) was an American professional gridiron football halfback and punter in the NFL and CFL.Mann was one of the first two black players to play college football for Oregon State College (OSC), helping to break the color barrier there in 1951.
Marshall: 37 members died in an airplane crash (1970). Wichita State: most of the starting players and coaches, 31 in total, died in an airplane crash (1970). Cal Poly Mustangs football team: 16 players and 6 others died in an airplane crash (1960). Southwestern Oklahoma State: 4 football players were killed in a car crash (1996).
Colin Edwin Ridgway (19 February 1937 – 13 May 1993) was an American football punter distinguished as being the first Australian to play in the National Football League (NFL). He also competed in the high jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Legendary Southern Miss punter and athlete Ray Guy died on Thursday, the school announced. Guy is a Pro Football Hall of Famer and an all-time great.
Jake Ford (born January 22, 1993) is an Australian former professional gridiron football punter who played for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was selected by the Lions with the first overall pick in the inaugural CFL global draft in 2021. He played college football at Oregon, St. Augustine's, and Ouachita Baptist.
Shane Lechler of the Oakland Raiders punts the ball in November 2008. A punter (P) in gridiron football is a special teams player who receives the snapped ball directly from the line of scrimmage and then punts (kicks) the football to the opposing team so as to limit any field position advantage.
Ray Guy, the first punter to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Thursday. In 2014, he became the first player to make be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame exclusively for his punting.
Dolphins coach Don Shula said following the game "We're supposed to have the best punter in the football, but today, he didn't punt like he was the best." [ 2 ] However, it is notable that despite Miami's #1 ranked offense during the 1984 season, which set numerous NFL records, he still made the Pro Bowl that year.