Don Maynard, a Hall of Fame wide receiver who played in two of the most important games in NFL history — one for the Giants and one for the Jets — died at 86 on Monday, his family told the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The first of those games, the Giants’ 23-17 overtime loss to the Colts in the 1958 NFL Championship Game, which came to be known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played," came in Maynard’s rookie season.
He did not catch a pass that day.
The second, the Jets’ 16-7 victory over the Colts in Super Bowl III, came when he was an established star, two weeks before his 34th birthday.