Ray Abruzzese
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Position: | Safety | ||||||
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Born: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | October 27, 1937||||||
Died: | August 22, 2011 Fort Lauderdale, Florida | (aged 73)||||||
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College: | Alabama | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1962 / Round: 16 / Pick: 219 | ||||||
AFL Draft: | 1962 / Round: 23 / Pick: 180 | ||||||
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Raymond Lewis Abruzzese Jr. (October 27, 1937 – August 22, 2011) was an American college and professional football player.
Abruzzese was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A defensive back, he played college football at the University of Alabama, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills from 1962 through 1964, when the Bills won the AFL Championship game, 20–7, over the defending AFL champion San Diego Chargers. He also played for the AFL's New York Jets in 1965 and 1966.
Abruzzese died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, aged 73.
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Categories:
- 1937 births
- 2011 deaths
- Players of American football from Philadelphia
- American football safeties
- Alabama Crimson Tide football players
- Buffalo Bills players
- New York Jets players
- American Football League players
- American football defensive back, 1930s birth stubs