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Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi (left) congratulates half-back Jim Taylor after learning that he was named the NFL's most valuable player in 1962. The back half of the Temple of fame died Saturday in Baton Rouge, La.
Jim Taylorfierce side to the hall of fame that embodied the unstoppable ground game of Green Bay Packers during the Vince Lombardi and helped the team win four titles in the NFL and the first Super Bowl, died Saturday. He was 83 years old. He died suddenly in a hospital in his hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the team said. Taylor, who was voted in professional football NFL Hall of Fame in 1976, played in the big Packer teams and was the most valuable player of the NFL in 1962. He scored the first floor hit in Super Bowl history. "He was a classic and insightful player on the Lombardi teams and a key figure in those big championship races," said the president of Packers. Mark Murphy says Taylor, who has left his mark on "several generations of Packers fans".
Browns add WR Perriman
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Knicks gives up veteran Noah
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Predators' Watson argued
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