{"id":163153,"date":"2025-06-27T17:47:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T17:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/163153\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T17:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T17:47:13","slug":"gerry-philbin-defensive-end-who-helped-namaths-new-york-jets-win-super-bowl-dies-at-83-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/163153\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerry Philbin, defensive end who helped Namath&#8217;s New York Jets win Super Bowl, dies at 83 | NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Gerry Philbin, a defensive end who helped the New York Jets shock the Baltimore Colts in the Super Bowl after the 1968 season, has died, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkjets.com\/news\/jets-legend-gerry-philbin-passes-away-at-83\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the team announced<\/a> Friday. He was 83.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of death was dementia, Philbin&#8217;s family told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45584265\/former-jets-defensive-great-gerry-philbin-dies-age-83\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Philbin spent nine seasons with the Jets and was a two-time All-AFL selection.<\/p>\n<p>In the third Super Bowl on Jan. 12, 1969, the Jets and quarterback Joe Namath brought legitimacy to the AFL and turned the game into a must-watch event when they beat the NFL champion Baltimore Colts 16-7. Philbin led a defense that forced five turnovers and held the Colts to their lowest point total of the season. The NFL and AFL merged in 1970.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Philbin was a three-year starter at the University of Buffalo and was selected by the Detroit Lions in the third round of the 1964 NFL draft. He chose to play for the AFL&#8217;s Jets instead and played 110 games over nine seasons for New York from 1964-72.<\/p>\n<p>Although sacks did not become an official statistic until 1982, the Jets credit Philbin with 64 1\/2 sacks, the fourth most in franchise history. He became part of the Jets&#8217; Ring of Honor in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Philbin played his last season for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>AP NFL: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                Success! An email has been sent to  with a link to confirm list signup.\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Error! There was an error processing your request.\n            <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Gerry Philbin, a defensive end who helped the New York Jets shock the Baltimore&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[7,226,36658,1917,255,2321,2097,6,498,15377,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-163153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jets","10":"tag-jets-gerry-philbin-dead","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-jets","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkjets","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nfl-football","17":"tag-nfl-super-bowl","18":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114756586514338455","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}