2023 has been a sad year for Baltimore Ravens alumni.
Another name was added to our Baltimore Ravens Memorial Wall over the weekend with the loss of the team’s first-ever linebackers coach, Maxie Baughan, who died of natural causes at the age of 85. Baughan becomes the 38th addition to the Ravens Memorial Wall, the fourth in 2023.
Baughan, a Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Famer, was also the Baltimore Colts’ defensive coordinator from 1975-79; the team won three straight AFC East Division titles when he was there. In his time in Charm City between the Colts and Ravens, Baughan coached dominating linebackers such as Ed Simonini, Sanders Shiver, Stan White, Ray Lewis, Peter Boulware, and Jamie Sharper.
-Safety Eric Turner, intestinal cancer, age 31; May 28, 2000
-Wide receivers coach Milt Jackson, heart attack, age 61; Aug. 23, 2005
-Tackle Bernard Dafney, heart attack, age 37; Jan. 11, 2006
-Guard Orlando Bobo, heart and liver failure, age 33; May 14, 2007
-Fullback Chuck Evans, heart attack, age 41; Oct. 12, 2008
-Quarterback Steve McNair, homicide, age 36; July 4, 2009
-Linebacker Tony Fein, morphine overdose, age 27; Oct. 6, 2009
-Fullback Kenyon Cotton, surgical complications, age 36; July 2010
-Tackle Orlando Brown, Sr., diabetic complications, age 40; Sept. 23, 2011
-Philanthropist Patricia Modell, natural causes, age 80; October 12, 2011
-Majority owner Art Modell, natural causes, age 87; Sept. 6, 2012
-Quarterback Cullen Finnerty, pneumonia/brain damage, age 30; May 27, 2013
-Tackle Damion Cook, heart attack, age 36; June 26, 2015
-Head coach Ted Marchibroda, natural causes, age 84; January 16, 2016
-Cornerback Tray Walker, dirt bike accident, age 23; March 18, 2016
-Long snapper Frank Wainright, cause unknown, age 48; April 5, 2016
-Asst. coach Clarence Brooks, esophageal cancer, age 65; September 17, 2016
-Tight end Konrad Reuland, brain aneurysm, age 29; December 12, 2016
-Team president David Modell, lung cancer, age 55; January 13, 2017
-Wide receiver Michael Jackson, motorcycle accident, age 48; May 12, 2017
-Wide receiver James Hardy, suicide, age 31; June 7, 2017
-Defensive end Ryan Jones, homicide, age 26; June 18, 2017
-Tight end Mitchell Henry, leukemia, age 24; June 30, 2017
-Guard Jeff Blackshear, pancreatic cancer, age 50; August 31, 2019
-Southwest area scout Ron Marciniak, cause unknown, age 85; March 23, 2020
-Superfan Mo Gaba, bone cancer, age 14; July 28, 2020
-Punter Greg Montgomery, suicide, age 55; August 23, 2020
-Running back Lorenzo Taliaferro, drug intoxication, age 28; December 16, 2020
-Left tackle Tony Jones, cause unknown, age 54; January 22, 2021
-Offensive coordinator Jim Fassel, heart attack, age 71; June 7, 2021
-Head of Security Darren Sanders, cancer, age 55; July 23, 2021
-Linebacker Jaylon Ferguson, drug overdose, age 26; June 22, 2022
-Defensive tackle Tony Siragusa, cause unknown, age 55; June 22, 2022
-Equipment manager Ed Carroll, cause unknown, age 75; October 5, 2022
-Defensive end Chris Smith, cause unknown, age 31; April 17, 2023
-Quarterback Ryan Mallett, drowning, age 35; June 27, 2023
-Running back Alex Collins, motorcycle accident, age 28; August 13, 2023
–Linebacker coach Maxie Baughan, natural causes, age 85; August 19, 2023
