Sports Ray Perkins, former Alabama football player and coach, dies at 79 December 9, 2020 Cecil Hurt, The Tuscaloosa News Comments Off on Ray Perkins, former Alabama football player and coach, dies at 79 Ray Perkins, who died at age 79, was a star receiver at Alabama in the 1960s who coached the Crimson Tide, New York Giants and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.