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Packers great Davis dies at 85

Pro Football Hall of Fame member Willie Davis, a key member of the Lombardi-era Green Bay Packers, died Wednesday morning at age 85.

The Packers said he died at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., but did not reveal the cause of death.

A defensive end, Davis played for the Packers from 1960-69 and was part of Green Bay's Super Bowl-winning teams in 1967 and '68 -- and five NFL championship teams. Davis also was the first African-American captain in the team's history.

In 12 NFL seasons, he never missed a game.

Davis was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981.