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

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

A third-round AFL Draft pick by the Jets out of the University at Buffalo in 1964, Philbin spent nine seasons with the team, ...

Gerry Philbin, a star defensive end for the New York Jets during the AFL days and a member of the 1968 Super Bowl champion ...

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

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

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

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.

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, 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, the undersized, big-hearted, highly productive and well-decorated defensive end for almost one stellar decade with the New York Jets of the Sixties and Seventies, has died. He was 83 ...