Ray Riddick
Raymond Ernest Riddick (October 17, 1917 – July 1976) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) as an end with the Green Bay Packers from 1940 to 1942 and in 1946. Early years Born in Lowell, Massachusetts on October 17, 1917, Riddick attended Lowell High School from 1932 to 1935, and then, before heading to college, the Archmere Academy, at the time an all-boys Roman Catholic preparatory boarding school in Claymont, Delaware. College career Riddick attended Fordham University from 1936 to 1940, where he played football under head coach Jim Crowley, and line coach Frank Leahy, and alongside the Seven Blocks of Granite including Vince Lombardi. In Riddick's freshman year, Fordham went 5–0–2 before losing what Lombardi called, "the most devastating loss of [his] life," when the Rams lost, 7–6, to NYU, and their hopes of playing in the Rose Bowl. They finished the season ranked #15 in the AP Poll. His sophomore year, when he joined the team roster, the Rams' went undefeated with a 7–0–1 record, allowing only 16 points all season, and reaching #3 in the AP Poll. His junior year, the 1938 Rams' went 6–1–2, and lead