Bleacher Report NFL · Mar 3, 2020
Former Chiefs WR Gloster Richardson Dies at Age 77
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Former Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Gloster Richardson died at 77 years old on Thursday, Feb. 27, the Kansas City Star's Sam McDowell reported on Monday afternoon.
Richardson's celebration of life will be held Saturday in Chicago.
A cause of death was not disclosed.
Richardson played for the Chiefs from 1967 to 1970 before finishing his NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys (1971) and Cleveland Browns (1972-74). The seventh-round pick in the 1965 AFL draft is best known for his role in late Kansas City head coach Hank Stram's iconic 65 Toss Power Trap play call.