NFL legend Raymond Berry dead at 93

Raymond Berry, a Hall of Fame wide receiver who helped alteration the presumption successful the NFL, died past week, according to his family. He was 93.

The Baltimore Colts legend’s household said helium died connected May 25 successful Murfreesboro, Tennessee. A origin of decease was not announced.

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Baltimore Colts receiver Raymond Berry runs with the shot against the Los Angeles Rams astatine Memorial Coliseum successful Los Angeles, California, successful a record photo. (David Boss/USA TODAY Sports)

"People said Raymond Berry was not blessed with the size oregon velocity of different receivers successful the National Football League, but nary 1 worked harder to refine his skills and maestro his craft," Pro Football Hall of Fame president and CEO Jim Porter said successful a statement. "The chemistry helium developed with backmost Johnny Unitas done hours of route-running thousands of repetitions successful signifier created a dynamic tandem that thought with 1 caput connected crippled days.

"Together they helped the Colts triumph consecutive titles successful the precocious 1950s, including the classical 1958 NFL Championship Game that served arsenic a springboard for nonrecreational shot becoming this country’s astir fashionable sport."

The Colts selected Berry successful the 20th circular of the 1954 NFL Draft. He played for Schreiner College and SMU earlier turning pro.

David Driscoll, 9, of Baltimore, wearing a Baltimore Colts uniform, receives an autograph connected his helmet from extremity Raymond Berry astatine the Colts' grooming campy connected Aug. 2, 1965. (William A. Smith/AP)

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He spent his full 13-year NFL vocation successful Baltimore. He recorded 631 catches for 9,725 yards and 70 touchdowns. He was a six-time Pro Bowler, three-time All-Pro and helped the Colts to 2 NFL Championships earlier the league’s eventual merger with the American Football League.

"It is with precise dense hearts that we widen our condolences to the household of Colts fable Raymond Berry, who passed distant past week," Colts proprietor and CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon said successful a statement. "In NFL history, determination are lone a fistful of players who we tin accidental genuinely changed the sport. Raymond Berry is 1 of the fewer names connected that list.

Baltimore Colts extremity Raymond Berry catches a walk from backmost John Unitas for a 5-yard summation against the Detroit Lions successful Baltimore connected Sept. 30, 1962. Lions' Dick LeBeau makes the tackle. (AP Photo)

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"As a subordinate during a historical epoch of Colts football, Raymond redefined the modular for what a wide receiver could and should be. He acceptable records, was selected to aggregate All-Pro and Pro Bowl teams, and retired arsenic the NFL's all-time person successful receiving yards and receptions. One of his astir memorable moments came during the 1958 NFL Championship, erstwhile helium had a vocation time connected the tract successful the 'Greatest Game Ever Played.'"