Ray "Sugar Bear" Hamilton, Member of the Patriots All-1970's Team

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“Ray, I’ve hit quarterbacks a lot worse than that a million times and never had a call.”

- ‘Mean’ Joe Green to Ray Hamilton regarding the “roughing the passer” call in the 1976 Patriots/Raiders Wild Card game

On this week’s episode, we welcome Ray “Sugar Bear” Hamilton. We talk to Ray about a variety of things including:

• Which Patriots coach-to-be recruited him out of high school

• Who was his D-Line coach in college

• What HOFer was his backup in college

• Where did he get his nickname

• What did Ray do to increase his chances of making the Pats as a rookie

• The infamous “penalty”

• What did a Chuck Fairbanks pregame speech sound like

• Who gave Parcells the name “Tuna”

• Which players did he learn from as a coach

• What’s his favorite Patriot memory

• What is he doing now

He also gives us his thoughts on teammates, such as:

• John Hannah

• Mike Haynes

• Jim Plunkett

• Darryl Stingley

• Steve Grogan

• Steve Nelson

• Steve McMichael

A fun episode with a great guy!

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