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FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2005, file photo, President Bush awards baseball legend Frank Robinson the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, the first black manager in Major League Baseball and the only player to win the MVP award in both leagues, died Feb. 7, 2019. He was 83. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)
Sports losses in 2019: Newcombe, Robinson, Starr, Havlicek

By Fred Lief Dec. 29, 2019 12:01 PM EST

FILE - This March 31, 1963, file photo showing Boston Celtics' John Havlicek going to the basket against Cincinnati Royals Bob Booser (13) and Hub Reed in the fourth period of a semifinal playoff at Boston Garden in Boston. Havlicek, whose steal of Hal Green's inbounds pass in the final seconds of the 1965 Eastern Conference finals against the Philadelphia 76ers remains one of the most famous plays in NBA history, died April 25, 2019. He was 79. (AP Photo/Frank C. Curtin, File)
Sports losses in 2019: Newcombe, Robinson, Starr, Havlicek

By Fred Lief Dec. 29, 2019 11:26 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 1967, file photo, Green Bay Packers' Elijah Pitts (22) charges into the end zone, eluding Kansas City Chiefs' Bobby Hunt (20), during the first Super Bowl in Los Angeles. Pitts scored from the five on the play following Willie Wood's interception in the third quarter. The Packers and the Chiefs had no way of knowing what the Super Bowl would become when they met at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Jan. 15, 1967. (AP Photo/File)
NFL at 100: Packers beat Chiefs in first Super Bowl

By Dave Skretta Oct. 22, 2019 12:47 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 1967, file photo, thousands of fans attend the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game — now known as Super Bowl I — between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs in Los Angeles. Green Bay’s proven old pros carried the National Football League to a 35-10 victory over the Chiefs of the American Football League in the first Super Bowl under the brilliant direction of Bart Starr. (AP Photo/File)
NFL At 100-AP Was There-Super Bowl I

By The Associated Press Oct. 22, 2019 12:47 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 1960, file photo, American Football League owners meet at the offices of Harry Wismer, president of the New York Titans, in New York. Left to right, front: Harry Wismer, New York Titans; Joe Foss, of the AFC; Lamar Hunt, Dallas and Bud Adams, Houston. Rear from left are: Bill Sullivan, Boston; Chet Soda, Oakland; Ralph Wilson, Buffalo and Bill Howsam, Denver. The AFL launched in 1960. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)
A look at the NFL in the 1960s

By Josh Dubow Oct. 18, 2019 07:30 PM EDT

FILE - This is a 1966 file photo showing Los Angeles Rams football player David "Deacon" Jones. Rams defensive end Deacon Jones might have been the most feared player in the league after being drafted in the 14th round in 1961 out of South Carolina State. (AP Photo/File)
A look at the NFL in the 1960s

By Josh Dubow Oct. 18, 2019 12:29 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 1967, file photo, Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr is shown. Starr, the Green Bay Packers quarterback and catalyst of Vince Lombardi's powerhouse teams of the 1960s, has died. He was 85. The Packers announced Sunday, May 26, 2019, that Starr had died, citing his family. He had been in failing health since suffering a serious stroke in 2014. (AP Photo/File)
Bart Starr, QB who led Packers to greatness, dies at 85

By Arnie Stapleton May. 26, 2019 11:38 AM EDT

File- This Nov. 2, 1970. file photo shows Green Bay Packer cornerback Ken Ellis (48) leaping as he returns a 49er punt in third quarter NFL action in San Francisco. Packer guard at right is Forrest Gregg (75). "It's going to be a long time, another 100 years, before somebody wins himself six titles," said Herb Adderley, the Hall of Fame cornerback for Vince Lombardi’s great Green Bay Packers teams of the 1960s. Adderley, who turns 80 next month, won five championships in Green Bay, including the first two Super Bowls, plus another with Tom Landry’s Dallas Cowboys in 1971, as did Forrest Gregg, who died last month at age 85. (AP Photo/File)
Only four players in 100 years have won six NFL titles

By Arnie Stapleton May. 17, 2019 07:02 PM EDT