 Chester in 1977 | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Tight end | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | June 28, 1948 Cambridge, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Baltimore (MD) Frederick Douglass | ||||||||||||
| College: | Morgan State | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1970 / round: 1 / pick: 24 | ||||||||||||
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Raymond Tucker Chester (born June 28, 1948) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). After graduating from Douglass High School in Baltimore, Maryland, Chester played college football at the city’s historically Black university Morgan State. He was a member of its undefeated 1968 team, scoring its only touchdown in the Bears’ historic victory over Grambling at Yankee Stadium.
Drafted as the 24th pick overall in the first round of the 1970 NFL draft, Chester began his NFL career with the Oakland Raiders. Seven touchdown catches and over five hundred receiving yards earned Chester the Rookie of the Year award and secured the first of four career Pro Bowl selections. A trade in 1973 to the Baltimore Colts led to five seasons with them before returning to Oakland. He was on the Raiders’ 1980 Super Bowl championship team and retired from the NFL following the 1981 season.
After a year off, he played a single-season in 1983 for the Oakland Invaders of the USFL.