death_date birth_date pfr databasefootball image_size image college caption playing_years birth_place awards draftedpick playing_team records position honors probowls article_title draftedround draftedyear
26 december 1996 1 february 1917 brayra00 brayray01 175px ray bray - 1951 bowman.jpg western michigan bray on a 1951 bowman football card 1939 -- 42 , 1946 -- 51 1952 caspian , mi 3 world championship games 76 chicago bears green bay packers 1940 0 -lrb- a current record -rrb- world championship bears beat the redskins 73 -- dl helms hall of fame all decade team 1940s 2 ray bray
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ray bray

ray robert bray was a defensive lineman who played eleven seasons in the national football league .
he was in the navy from 1943-1945 .
if he had played those years many believe that he would be in the canton ohio pro football hall of fame .
he received more nominations for the hall of fame than anybody who was not in the hall of fame until 1960 .
