RIP Raymond Berry

[cyclingwriter2]

Found him to be a fascinating character and athlete. Probably the first “wide receiver” to meticulously study routes and defensive backs. Wouldn’t work off season jobs so he could focus on football.

According to Alex Hawkins, no one was ever invited to his house.

Was drafted after his junior in college, but when he showed up the next year no one on the team knew he was or why he had been drafted.

Raymond Berry dies at 93: Hall of Famer won 2 titles with Colts, including 'Greatest Game Ever Played'

 

[Michael_ Gee]

He was the Patriots coach when I got hired by the Herald for that beat in 1987. A thoroughly decent and more than slightly weird man. Here's a story that indicates his football focus.

Berry was a devout Christian, although he didn't make noise about it. The last game of the 1987 season was a Monday nighter in Miami on like December 29 or so. Berry took the team to Dodgertown (remember that?) in. Vero Beach for the practice week. December 25 fell on a full practice day. When I saw Berry, I greeted him with "Merry Christmas." He was thunderstruck. He'd forgotten Christmas, because to him Dec. 25 was "Passing Game Day."

 

[Della9250]

According to Alex Hawkins, no one was ever invited to his house.

explains how he's been dead for a week and no one knew

 

[micropolitan guy]

He final route was a down-and-out.

 

[Slacker]

He final route was a down-and-out.

He he he!

 

[tapintoamerica]

The Indianapolis Irsays put out a statement about Raymond Berry. What the **** do they know about him? The NFL was so eager to get the Colts out of the city that helped make the NFL a thing that it let the Irsays claim the team's name, colors and history. It's still disgusting.

 

[BTExpress]

Come on, man.

What the hell did Jerry Buss know about George Mikan?!?!?!?!?

https://www.nba.com/lakers/news/buss_statement_050602.html

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

Ernie Accorsi was on with Mad Dog and had a story about Berry in the '58 Championship game where he studied the tendenices of the linebackers and was able to exploit that for a 28-yard gain. He was an absolute monster in that game, finishing with 12 catches for 178 yards.

 

[BTExpress]

The last three receptions for 60+ yards to set up the tying field goal, and two receptions in OT to set up the winning touchdown.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Come on, man.

What the hell did Jerry Buss know about George Mikan?!?!?!?!?

https://www.nba.com/lakers/news/buss_statement_050602.html

Nothing. But you can’t profess love for the era of a team that you invalidated.

 

[BTExpress]

Fifty-nine current pro sports teams have relocated at one point or another. That's just shy of half.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Fifty-nine current pro sports teams have relocated at one point or another. That's just shy of half.

Very few are more important than the Baltimore Colts.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Very few are more important than the Baltimore Colts.

 

[tapintoamerica]

There’s nothing worse as a sports fan than seeing your team leave town. Trust me.
As to the Colts, they held the home sellout record for years. The 1958 championship game put pro football in the cultural mainstream. It was the origin of what we know today. I wasn’t yet alive, but I appreciate the impact. The current Colts have about as much relation to Raymond Berry as Nashville has to Earl Campbell.

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

I remember once hearing that he made his wife throw a football for him to catch. Those wobbly passes helped him to become a better receiver.

I also remember the Patriots’ song that came out at the same time as the Super Bowl Shuffle - “Raymond Berry - the Leader of the Pats.” Might have been a local radio song.

 

[wicked]

Anyone who found success with that franchise while the perpetually broke owner's son was running around playing GM — he did okay, but it's something that would never be tolerated today — deserves a statue.

 

[Shelbyville Manhattan]

Always wondered why Berry never got another HC shot when a coach like Marion Campbell had three bites at the apple.

Anyone who found success with that franchise while the perpetually broke owner's son was running around playing GM — he did okay, but it's something that would never be tolerated today — deserves a statue.