NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Don Maynard, the Jets’ all-time leader in receiving yards and a Hall of Famer who made his biggest impact catching passes from Joe Namath in the wide-open AFL, has died. He was 86.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame confirmed Maynard’s death on Monday through his family.
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Maynard was the main target for Namath with the New York Jets, though a leg injury made him less effective in the team’s stunning upset of the NFL champion Baltimore Colts in the 1969 Super Bowl.