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Broncos greatest players of all-time: #18, wide receiver Lionel Taylor

As someone born nearly 20 years after the Denver Broncos began playing football, there is often an old school football player that — as a fan — you just wish you had seen play live. I actually have two of those on my list, one was safety Goose Gonsoulin and the other was wide receiver Lionel Taylor. Both were inaugural members of the Broncos Ring of Fame.

Taylor was a four time first-team All-Pro and made the AFL All-Star team three times in his seven seasons with the Broncos. He set wide receiver records that wouldn’t be broken until the 1980s and he did that while being mostly triple covered due to being the only offensive weapon the Broncos had in those early years.