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  1.                                 ball only once in his pro 
  2.                                 career!
  3.  
  4.                                 RaymondΓÇÖs father was 
  5.                                 his Paris (Texas) High 
  6. School football coach, but Raymond didnΓÇÖt 
  7. make the varsity team until his senior year. 
  8. He played college football at Southern 
  9. Methodist University (also in Texas). 
  10.  
  11. Raymond was a 20th-round draft pick by the 
  12. Colts in 1954. He practiced hard and 
  13. recruited everybody he knew to throw him 
  14. passes. All that practice paid off. 
  15.  
  16. One of his best performances occurred at
  17. the 1958 NFL Championship Game
  18. against the New York Giants. Despite 
  19. double coverage, Raymond made a