{"id":9100,"date":"2013-01-02T19:41:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T00:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=9100"},"modified":"2014-11-22T03:35:38","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T08:35:38","slug":"ray-anthony-lewis-of-the-baltimore-ravens-one-of-the-most-celebrated-linebackers-in-the-nfl-during-his-era-will-retire-after-the-2012-2013-nfl-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=9100","title":{"rendered":"“RAY ANTHONY LEWIS”, OF THE “BALTIMORE RAVENS”. ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED LINEBACKERS IN THE NFL DURING HIS ERA, WILL RETIRE AFTER THE 2012-2013 NFL PLAYOFFS"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE BALTIMORE\u00a0RAVENS OF MARYLAND’S MOST STORIED \u00a0NFL FRANCHISE WILL BE WITHOUT THEIR LEADER OF THE PAST 17 YEARS,\u00a0ONE OF THE GREATEST LINEBACKERS TO PLAY FOR EITHER THE BALTIMORE COLTS, \u00a0AND OR,\u00a0 THE BALTIMORE RAVENS, \u00a0MR. RAY”ANTHONY”LEWIS.\u00a0 RAY LEWIS\u00a0IS ENDING ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED CAREERS IN HISTORY OF THE PRESENT DAY NFL, WITH A LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT\u00a0ARE ONLY RESERVED FOR FUTURE\u00a0NFL HALL OF FAMERS. THIS GREAT CAREER OF ACHIEVEMENTS \u00a0ARE AS FOLLOWS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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No. 52\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Baltimore Ravens<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Linebacker<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Personal information<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Date of birth<\/strong>: (1975-05-15) May 15, 1975 (age 37)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Place of birth<\/strong>: Bartow, Florida<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Height<\/strong>: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m<\/strong>)<\/td>\nWeight<\/strong>: 250 lb (113 kg)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Career information<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
College<\/strong>: Miami (FL)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NFL Draft<\/strong>: 1996 \/ Round: 1 \/ Pick: 26<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Debuted in 1996 for the Baltimore Ravens<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Career history<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Baltimore Ravens (1996\u2013present)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roster status<\/strong>: Active<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Career highlights and awards<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • 13\u00d7 Pro Bowl (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 7\u00d7 AP First Team All-Pro (1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 3\u00d7 AP Second Team All-Pro (1997, 1998, 2010)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Super Bowl champion (XXXV)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Super Bowl XXXV MVP<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 2\u00d7 AP NFL Defensive Player of Year (2000, 2003)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 3\u00d7 AFC Defensive Player Of The Year (2000, 2001, 2003)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 2\u00d7 NFL Alumni Linebacker Of The Year (1999, 2003)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 2\u00d7 All-American (1994, 1995)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Record 13 Pro Bowls for an Inside\/Middle Linebacker[1]<\/sup><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Record 10 All-Pro selections for Inside\/Middle Linebacker<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Record 10 All-Pro selections for a Linebacker (tied with Lawrence Taylor)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Most Games Started at Inside\/Middle Linebacker (227)[2]<\/sup><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Most Interception Return Yards for an Inside\/Middle Linebacker (503)[3]<\/sup><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Most seasons played at Inside\/Middle Linebacker (17) [4]<\/sup><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • NFL 2000s All-Decade Team<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 20 sack\/20 interception Club- Quickest to reach (113 games)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 30 sack\/30 Interception Club- Quickest to reach (204 games)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 40 sack\/30 Interception Club- Only Member<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    EVEN THOUGH HIS CAREER IS TECHNICALLY STILL IN PLAY FOR THE NEXT PLAYOFF GAMES THAT WILL BE PLAYED DURING THE BALTIMORE RAVENS ATTEMPT TO WIN ANOTHER SUPER BOWL, WE, THE MYBOYSAY SPORTS MEDIA BLOG, WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY, A JOB WELL DONE BY THE ULTIMATE GENTLEMEN OF THE GAME.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    THE MYBOYSAY NATIONS NFL ENTHUSIASTS WOULD LIKE TO HONOR RAY LEWIS WITH A FEW WORDS OF APPRECIATION\u00a0 FOR ALL THAT HE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE WORLD OF SPORTS, THE NFL, THE FANS, AND ALSO, THE SEVERAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HE HAS SUPPORTED OVER HIS ENTIRE FOOTBALL CAREER.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    THE BALTIMORE\u00a0RAVENS OF MARYLAND’S MOST STORIED \u00a0NFL FRANCHISE WILL BE WITHOUT THEIR LEADER OF THE PAST 17 YEARS,\u00a0ONE OF THE GREATEST LINEBACKERS TO PLAY FOR EITHER THE BALTIMORE COLTS, \u00a0AND OR,\u00a0 THE BALTIMORE RAVENS, \u00a0MR. RAY”ANTHONY”LEWIS.\u00a0 RAY LEWIS\u00a0IS ENDING ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED CAREERS IN HISTORY OF THE PRESENT DAY NFL, WITH A LIST […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13,14,1,39,7,9,10],"tags":[137,540,977,646],"class_list":["post-9100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-health","category-most-commented","category-news","category-nfl","category-sports","category-us","category-world","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-future-nfl-hall-of-famer","tag-nfl","tag-ray-lewis","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}