돈 메이너드, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, known for helping the New York Jets win Super Bowl III, 사망했다, according to a statement released by the Hall of Fame. 그는 ~였다 86. The cause of death was not disclosed.
“He was the man our opponents worried about, the knockout punch. Lightning in a bottle,” Namath, the famed Jets’ 쿼터백, said of Maynard. “Nitro just waiting to explode. I mean he could fly. But with the grace of a great thoroughbred. The man could flat play. He galloped through the best of the very best football players of the world.”
Maynard was the first signee of the New York Titans in the American Football League in 1960; the team was rebranded as the Jets three years later.
And at the time of his retirement in 1973, Maynard’s career receptions (633) and yards receiving (11,834) were league records, according to the Hall of Fame. He also amassed 10,000 yards receiving before any other pro player.
“우리 프로 축구 명예의 전당 가족은 Don Maynard의 죽음을 애도합니다,” said Hall of Fame President Jim Porter. “그는 경기장 안팎에서 회복력이 뛰어난 사람이었습니다. — and someone that his teammates could always count on.”
