Ozzie Clay, former kick returner for the Washington Redskins
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Mar 10, 2005 : 8:41 pm ET
WASHINGTON -- Ozzie Clay, a former kick returner for the Washington
Redskins and North Carolina native, has died from complications of a
stroke at 62.
Clay died Tuesday at a Washington hospital, family members said.
Clay was drafted by Washington in the 17th round in 1964 out of Iowa
State, where he was a wide receiver. He played one season with the
Redskins, returning 19 kickoffs for 482 yards, and four punts for 5
yards on a Washington team that went 6-8 under coach Bill McPeak.
He was a graduate of Ridgeview High School in Hickory, N.C., but his
family now lives in Charlotte, said funeral director Allen Mitchell,
who issued an obituary on the family's behalf.
In April 2004, Clay was indicted on 17 counts of fraud, money
laundering and arson for allegedly having a fire set at his failing
business in August 2000 to recoup insurance money. The case never went
to trial.
The Temple Hills, Md., company, Armorguard, made and installed security
doors and sold home improvement products.