Receiver Elbert Dubenion, who played key roles in the Buffalo Bills winning consecutive American Football League championships in the mid-1960s, has died. He was 86.
The Bills announced Dubenion died Thursday, 55 years to the day of Buffalo winning its first AFL title with a 20-7 victory over the San Diego Chargers. Dubenion was living in Ohio and had been battling Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's.
Born in Griffin, Georgia, Dubenion was nicknamed "Golden Wheels" for his speed. He played at Bluffton College in Ohio and was 27 when signed by the Bills before their inaugural season in 1960.