The Bills haven’t made it official yet, but plans are in the works for a ceremony to commemorate the 1964 and ’65 AFL championship teams at the home opener against the Colts on Sept. 13 at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
The celebration will mark the 50th anniversary of the Bills’ second AFL title. The team waited a year to hold the event, partly because of the change in ownership after Wilson’s death and because they wanted to honor all the players from both of Buffalo’s only major professional sports champions.
This is a wonderful idea, and one that would be even better if the Bills added a gesture that is long overdue – adding Lou Saban, the coach of those title teams, and Cookie Gilchrist, the team’s first superstar, to the stadium’s Wall of Fame.