NFL kicker Ray Guy dies aged 72

Football Hall of Fame kicker Ray Guy has died at the age of 72, the NFL announced Thursday.

Guy became the first full-time punter to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, having played his entire 13-season career with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders.

Selected 23rd overall in the 1973 draft as the first punter drafted in the first round, Guy played 207 games with the Raiders and won the Super Bowl three times, in 1976, 1980 and 1983.

A six-time All-Pro team member, Guy was inducted into Canton in 2014.

The Swainboro native was also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004.

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