A sack specialist, he led the American Football League in taking down quarterbacks in the 1968 regular season, which was ...

Gerry Philbin, one of the most distinguished players in University at Buffalo's football history who went on to become a ...

Gerry Philbin, one of the AFL's most decorated pass rushers of the 1960s and an essential member of the New York Jets ' ...

Gerry Philbin, a defensive end who helped the New York Jets shock the Baltimore Colts in the Super Bowl after the 1968 season ...

Some unfortunate news affected the New York Jets family on Wednesday afternoon. Gerry Philbin, a legendary Jets defensive end ...

Former Jets defensive end Gerry Philbin has died, the team announced. He was 83. Philbin was on the Super Bowl III ...

The Pawtucket, Rhode Island native went was the Jets’ third-round choice in the 1964 AFL Draft out of the University of ...

UB football mourns one of its greatest players. Before becoming a Jets star, he dominated on the field — and in the classroom ...

A native of Providence, R.I., Philbin played for UB from 1960-63, finishing his career as a team captain, All-East selection ...

Gerry Philbin #81of the New York Jets looks on during player introduction before an AFL football game circa 1969. Getty Images. He also was a Detroit Lions third-round pick in the NFL draft.

Gerry Philbin, a member of the New York Jets' Super Bowl III championship team and a two-time All-Pro over a 10-year career, has died at the age of 83, the Jets announced Wednesday.

Gerry Philbin recollected a 50-year-old memory, too, in that interview. When Philbin was asked about his 1968 Super Bowl III win with the New York Jets, he said, “The impact was so great that ...