Raymond Berry, a two-time NFL champion as a player who later coached the New England Patriots to their first Super Bowl appearance, died on May 25, his family told the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was 93.A 20th-round pick in the 1954 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts, Berry’s relentless work ethic helped him rise from underrated to indispensable. Over his 13-year playing career, he recorded 631 receptions for 9,275 yards and 68 touchdowns, and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 1973 in his first year of eligibility.“People said Raymond Berry was not blessed with the size or speed of other receivers in the National Football League, but no one worked harder to refine his skills and master his craft. The chemistry he developed with quarterback Johnny Unitas through hours of route-running, thousands of repetitions in practice, created a dynamic tandem on game days,” Jim Porter, the Hall of Fame’s president and CEO, said in a statement Monday. “Together they helped the Colts win consecutive titles in the late 1950s, including the classic 1958 NFL Championship Game that served as a springboard for professional football becoming this country’s most popular sport.”In that 1958 NFL Championship, later dubbed “The Greatest Game Ever Played,” Berry caught 12 passes for 178 yards and a touchdown. Three of his catches came on consecutive plays in the Colts’ last-minute drive in regulation that produced the game-tying field goal. The Colts defeated the New York Giants 23-17 in overtime.