Wade Phillips died with his boots on 48 years ago.
But he was alive and kicking, and dancing, with his sneakers on a fortnight ago.
Phillips coached the Broncos' defense to one of the most imposing performances in 50 Super Bowls. And, "we got to see Lady Gaga," he shouted afterward.
At the time of the second Super Bowl in 1968, Wade was a linebacker at the University of Houston and an actor in the classic Western "Bandolero". He rode with the sheriff's posse trying to catch outlaw brothers Jimmy Stewart and Dean Martin, who had kidnapped Raquel Welch.