ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Former Bills linebacker Harry Jacobs, who was a key member of Buffalo's 1964 and '65 AFL champion teams, died Friday. He was 84.
The team announced Jacobs' death. He had been dealing with numerous illnesses, including Alzheimer's, and living in a nursing home just outside Buffalo.
Jacobs played for the Bills from 1963 to 1969. He began his career with the Boston Patriots in 1960 and finished with the New Orleans Saints in 1970.
Alongside fellow linebackers Mike Stratton and John Tracey, Jacobs helped solidify a dominant Bills defense that allowed the fewest points in the AFL in 1964, 1965 and 1966 and shut out the high-scoring Chargers in the 1965 AFL Championship Game.