Ray Renfro

{{Short description|American football player (1929–1997)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{One source|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Ray Renfro

| image = Ray renfro topps card cropped.jpg

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption = Renfro with the Browns in 1961

| number = 26

| position = Flanker
Halfback

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|11|7}}

| birth_place = Whitesboro, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|08|4|1929|11|7}}

| death_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 190

| high_school = Leonard
(Leonard, Texas)

| college = North Texas State (1949–1951)

| draftyear = 1952

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 48

| pastteams =

| pastcoaching =

| highlights = ; As a player

; As a coach

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 281

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 5,508

| statlabel3 = Receiving touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 50

| statlabel4 = Rushing yards

| statvalue4 = 682

| statlabel5 = Rushing average

| statvalue5 = 5

| statlabel6 = Rushing touchdowns

| statvalue6 = 4

| pfr = R/RenfRa00

}}

Austin Raymond "Ray" Renfro (November 7, 1929 – August 4, 1997) was an American professional football flanker who played 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1952 to 1963 for the Cleveland Browns. He also played as a halfback from 1952 to 1958. He played college football for the North Texas State Eagles.

Coaching career

He also served as an assistant coach in the 1960s and 1970s. He coached running backs for the Detroit Lions in 1965. He then coached wide receivers for the Washington Redskins (1966–1967) and the Dallas Cowboys (1968–1972). He helped win Super Bowl VI as the quarterbacks and wide receivers coach for the Cowboys.{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RenfRa00.htm |title=Ray Renfro |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=October 6, 2020}}

NFL career statistics

class="wikitable mw-collapsible"

! colspan="2"| Legend

style="background:#ffe6bd; width:3em;"|

| Won the NFL championship

style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|

| Led the league

Bold

| Career high

=Regular season=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Team

! colspan="2"| Games

! colspan="5"| Receiving

GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTD
1952CLE

| 11 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 8.0 || 8 || 0

1953CLE

| 12 || 0 || 39 || 722 || 18.5 || 70 || 4

1954style="background:#ffe6bd;"|CLE

| 7 || 7 || 13 || 228 || 17.5 || 64 || 1

1955style="background:#ffe6bd;"|CLE

| 12 || 12 || 29 || 603 || style="background:#cfecec;"|20.8 || 61 || 8

1956CLE

| 12 || 12 || 17 || 325 || 19.1 || 46 || 4

1957CLE

| 12 || 12 || 21 || 589 || 28.0 || 65 || 6

1958CLE

| 12 || 12 || 24 || 573 || 23.9 || 52 || 6

1959CLE

| 12 || 11 || 30 || 528 || 17.6 || 70 || 6

1960CLE

| 12 || 9 || 24 || 378 || 15.8 || 66 || 4

1961CLE

| 14 || 14 || 48 || 834 || 17.4 || 57 || 6

1962CLE

| 14 || 14 || 31 || 638 || 20.6 || 65 || 4

1963CLE

| 12 || 0 || 4 || 82 || 20.5 || 39 || 1

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Personal life

He is the father of former NFL wide receiver Mike Renfro and brother of Dean Renfro.

Death

He died at the age of 67 and was interred at the Greenwood Memorial Park cemetery along with Lon Evans.

References

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