Pro Football Hall of Fame center for the Green Bay Packers who helped the team win two NFL championships.
At 211 pounds, he was originally considered much too light to excel in the NFL.
He missed the Pro Bowl only once in a decade between 1957 and 1967.
He grew up in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, where he played high school football.
He played in three NFL championships under the legendary Packers coach Vince Lombardi, winning two of them.