Biography:Considered one of the greatest ever to play middle linebacker, playing his entire 17-year career with the Baltimore Ravens and winning two Super Bowls (2000 and 2013).
2000-01-31 Linebacker Ray Lewis involved in a fight resulting in the deaths of Jacinth Baker and Richard Lollar. Lewis indicted 11 days later on murder and assault charges (murder charges later dropped)
2001-01-28 Super Bowl XXXV, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL: Baltimore Ravens beat New York Giants, 34-7; MVP: Ray Lewis, Baltimore, LB
2002-08-01 In signing star linebacker Ray Lewis to a 5-year contract extension the Baltimore Ravens give him a $19m signing bonus, then the largest in NFL history