- Ray Hamilton
NFL player
DateOfBirth=January 20 ,1951
Birthplace=Omaha, Nebraska
College=Oklahoma
Position=Defensive Tackle
DraftedYear=1973
DraftedRound=14 / Pick 342
years=1973-1981
teams=New England Patriots
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CBS=Ray "Sugar Bear" Hamilton (born
January 20 ,1951 ) is a formerAmerican football player from 1973 through 1981 for theNew England Patriots , and the current defensive line coach for theNFL 'sAtlanta Falcons . Hamilton was an All Big 8 Defensive Tackle for the Oklahoma Sooners, being named to the first team in 1971 and 1972.Hamilton is best known for an incident in the 1976 NFL playoffs in a first-round game against the
Oakland Raiders , when Oakland'sKen Stabler threw an incompletion and was hit by Hamilton as he threw.Ben Dreith , the referee, gave the Raiders a first down on a penalty of roughing the passer.
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