Ray Seals facts for kids
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| Position: | Defensive end |
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| Born: | June 17, 1965 Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| Died: | April 2025 (aged 59) |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight: | 293 lb (133 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Henninger (Syracuse) |
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Raymond Bernard Seals (June 17, 1965 – April 2025) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). not having attended college, a rarity in the NFL. Seals lettered in football at Anthony A. Henninger High School in Syracuse, New York. Seals started in Super Bowl XXX as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Seals went from playing for the minor-league Syracuse Express to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1989. He went to the Steelers in 1994 as a free agent and played two seasons as their starting right defensive end. He was injured in 1996, his third season with the Steelers, and finished with Carolina in 1997.
Seals was famous for batting away a pass by then rookie quarterback Brett Favre, only to have it be caught by Favre himself, for the first completion in his long and storied career.
Seals was inducted into the American Football Association's Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992.
Seals's death at the age of 59 was announced on April 4, 2025.
