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

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

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

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

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

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. At 6 ...

Gerry Philbin had a razor-sharp memory in 2018 when he was interviewed by the New York Jets. However, seven years later, his family informed reporters that he had died from dementia.

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, the team announced Friday. The cause of death was dementia ...

Gerry Philbin, one of the AFL's most decorated pass rushers of the 1960s and an essential member of the New York Jets ' famous triumph in Super Bowl III, died Wednesday the Jets organization said.