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Bob Long, member of Packers teams that won Super Bowls I and II, dies at 83

Bob Long, a wide receiver who was on the Packers' teams that won the first two Super Bowls, has died at the age of 83.

Long went to Wichita State to play basketball, but after finishing his basketball eligibility he decided to give football a try, and in one year of college football he led the NCAA in touchdown catches. That two-sport athletic talent caught Vince Lombardi's eye, and the Packers took him with the 44th overall pick in the 1964 NFL draft.

Long played four seasons in Green Bay and the Packers won the championship in three of them, winning the NFL Championship Game after the 1965 season and then winning Super Bowls I and II in the 1966 and 1967 seasons.