Ray Renfro

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Ray Renfro
Positions:
Wide Receiver , Halfback 		Jersey number (s):
26
born November 7, 1929 in Whitesboro , Texas
died on August 4, 1997 in Fort Worth , Texas
Career information
Active : 1952 - 1963
NFL Draft : 1952 / Round: 4 / Pick: 48
College : University of North Texas
Teams

as a player

as an assistant coach

Career statistics
Games     142
as a starter     103
Touchdown     55
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

as an assistant coach

as a player

Austin Ray Renfro (* 7 November 1929 in Whitesboro , Texas , USA ; † 4 August 1997 in Fort Worth , Texas) was a former American American football players and coaches. He played as a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns .

Player career

College career

Ray Renfro played football in high school . He comes from a football-loving family. His younger brother Dean Renfro later played for the Baltimore Colts in the NFL. In 1948, after graduating from high school, Ray Renfro joined the University of North Texas and played for Mean Green College Football . With his team he won the league championship twice.

Professional career

In 1952 Ray Renfro from was Paul Brown trained Cleveland Browns in the fourth round to 48th drafted . The Browns were one of the best teams in the NFL. Numerous top players who later found acceptance into the Pro Football Hall of Fame , such as Otto Graham , Len Ford , Dante Lavelli , Mike McCormack , Frank Gatski and Lou Groza , were under contract with the Browns. Renfro has already established himself as a rookie with the Browns. In 1952 he moved with his team into the NFL Championship Game , where however the Detroit Lions , supervised by Buddy Parker , were defeated 17: 7. 1953 Renfro and the Browns lost again the final against the Lions, this time with 17:16.

The following year , Renfro, who was plagued by injuries throughout the game, moved with his team for the third time in the NFL final. This time they won against the Detroit Lions 56:10. Renfro showed an outstanding performance. He was able to use two of his five captured passes for touchdowns. In total, he gained 96 yards of space . 1955 Renfro, whose pass catches led to an average gain of space of 20.8 yards that year, with which he set up the NFL annual high, win his second championship title. Opponents in the NFL final were the Los Angeles Rams supervised by Sid Gillman , who lost 38:14 to the Browns. Renfro managed a touchdown in this game too.

Renfro should move into the NFL final twice with the Browns. The Browns no longer managed to win a title. In 1957 the team lost 59:14 to the Detroit Lions. 1958 followed a 10-0 loss to the New York Giants .

After the 1963 season, Ray Renfro ended his playing career.

Coaching career

Ray Renfro became an assistant coach with the Detroit Lions in 1965 . In 1966 he was signed by the Washington Redskins . The Redskins were trained by Renfros former quarterback Otto Graham. In 1968 , he was hired by Tom Landry 's Dallas Cowboys . In his third coaching year with the Cowboys, Renfro was able to win his first championship title in the NFC in 1970 . After the team was able to win ten of 14 games in the regular season , the team from Dallas moved into the play-offs , where they could initially defeat the Detroit Lions 5-0. In the following NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers , the Cowboys prevailed with 17:10. In Super Bowl V , the Cowboys had to admit defeat to the Baltimore Colts 16:13.

Also in the following game year 1971 Renfro should be successful with his team. He won the Super Bowl with the team from Dallas . After eleven wins from 14 games, the team from Dallas moved into the play-offs again under the leadership of their two quarterbacks Craig Morton and Roger Staubach . After a 14: 3 win over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game, they made it into Super Bowl VI . In this game there was a 24: 3 victory over the Miami Dolphins . After the 1972 season, Renfro ended his coaching career and switched to the building materials industry.

family

Ray Renfro was married with three children. His son Mike Renfro played for years in the NFL, including working for the Dallas Cowboys. Ray Renfro died in 1997 and is buried in the Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Fort Worth.

Honors

Ray Renfro played three times in the Pro Bowl , the season-end game of the best players in a game round. He was voted All Pro twice . He is a member of his college's hall of fame and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame . His college team blocked his number 33 shirt.

Web links

source

  • Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ), Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7
  • Peter Golenbock: Landry's Boys: An Oral History of a Team and an Era , Triumph Books, 2005, ISBN 1-617-49954-4
  • Brian Jensen, Troy Aikman : Where Have All Our Cowboys Gone? , 2005, ISBN 1-461-63611-6

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Annual statistics of the Cleveland Browns 1952
  2. ↑ Statistics NFL final 1952
  3. ^ Annual statistics of the Cleveland Browns 1953
  4. ↑ Statistics NFL final 1953
  5. ^ Annual statistics of the Cleveland Browns 1954
  6. ↑ Statistics NFL final 1954
  7. ^ Annual statistics of the Cleveland Browns 1955
  8. ↑ Statistics NFL final 1955
  9. ^ Annual statistics of the Cleveland Browns 1957
  10. ↑ Statistics NFL final 1957
  11. ^ Annual statistics of the Cleveland Browns 1958
  12. ^ Statistics NFL final 1958
  13. ^ Annual statistics of the Dallas Cowboys 1970
  14. ↑ Statistics play-off game Dallas Cowboys vs. Detroit Lions 1970
  15. ↑ Statistics NFC final 1970
  16. ↑ Statistics Super Bowl V
  17. ↑ Annual statistics of the Dallas Cowboys 1971
  18. ↑ Statistics NFC final 1971
  19. ↑ Statistics Super Bowl VI
Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl VI Champions


10 Ron Widby  | 12 Roger Staubach ( MVP )  | 14 Craig Morton  | 15 Toni Fritsch  | 19 Lance Alworth  | 20 Mel Renfro  | 22 Bob Hayes  | 23 Margene Adkins  | 26 Herb Adderley  | 30 Dan Reeves  | 31 Gloster Richardson  | 32 Walt Garrison  | 33 Duane Thomas  | 34 Cornell Green  | 35 Calvin Hill  | 36 Joe Williams  | 37 Isaac Thomas  | 41 Charlie Waters  | 42 Claxton Welch  | 43 Cliff Harris  | 46 Mark Washington  | 50 DD Lewis  | 51 Dave Manders  | 52 Dave Edwards  | 54 Chuck Howley  | 55 Lee Roy Jordan  | 56 Tom Stincic  | 60 Lee Roy Caffey  | 61 Blaine Nye  | 62 John Fitzgerald  | 63 Larry Cole  | 64 Tony Liscio  | 66 George Andrie  | 67 Pat Toomay  | 70 Rayfield Wright  | 71 Rodney Wallace  | 72 Don Talbert  | 73 Ralph Neely  | 74 Bob Lilly  | 75 Jethro Pugh  | 76 John Niland  | 77 Bill Gregory  | 79 Forrest Gregg  | 83 Mike Clark  | 85 Tody Smith  | 87 Billy Truax  | 89 Mike Ditka  | Head Coach: Tom Landry  | Coaches: Ermal Allen  | Bobby Franklin  | Jim Myers  | Dan Reeves  | Ray Renfro  | Ernie Stautner  | Jerry Tubbs

personal data
SURNAME Renfro, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Renfro, Austin Ray
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Whitesboro, Texas, USA
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1997
Place of death Fort Worth , Texas , USA