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 ...
Former Jets defensive end Gerry Philbin has died, the team announced Wednesday. He was 83. The Pawtucket, R.I., native was the Jets’ third-round choice in the 1964 AFL draft out of the University of ...
A sack specialist, he led the American Football League in taking down quarterbacks in the 1968 regular season, which was capped by the Jets’ upset win in Super Bowl III. By Richard Sandomir Gerry ...