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He was the quarterback Johnny Unitas’s secret weapon with flypaper hands, who rose — leaped, actually — to big occasions.Raymond Berry, center, catching a pass during the 1958 N.F.L. championship game, lionized as “the greatest game ever played.” Berry caught 12 passes that day, a record for a championship game that stood until 2014.

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He played a critical part in Miami’s 17-0 season in 1972, which ended with his spectacular defense in Super Bowl VII against Washington.Manny Fernandez, No. 75 of the Miami Dolphins, on the sidelines during a game in Miami in the early 1970s.

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