Steve Wright, former Alabama football tackle and Super Bowl champion, dead at 82
A Bear Bryant Alabama football offensive tackle has died.
Steve Wright, who played for the Crimson Tide from 1961-63, died June 1 at a care facility in Augusta, Georgia, the Green Bay Packers announced. He was 82.
Wright, also Louisville, Kentucky native, was a member of Alabama's national championship team in 1961 under head coach Bear Bryant and played two more seasons for the Crimson Tide before he was selected by the Packers in the fifth round of the 1964 NFL draft.
35mm film negative of the Green Bay Packers playing the San Francisco 49ers on October 10, 1965. The Packers won 27-10. This photo was in the Oct. 11 edition of the Journal with the caption "The surprise ended thus with Don Chandler, Green Bay's punter who suddenly turned runner, finally being brought down on the San Francisco 28 yeard line after a 27 yard jaunt that set up the Packers' first touchdown in a 27-10 victory of the San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Sunday. The San Francisco tackler was Elbert Kimbrough, Steve Wright of the Packers (72) came along too late to do much good. The play started with the Packers having fourth down and nine to goon their own 48 yard line in the first quarter." Date is 10/11/1965. transparency folder #653039
Wright, a 6-foot-6, 250-pound tackle, was a two-time Super Bowl champion with Vince Lombardi and the Packers from 1964-67, winning Super Bowl I against the Kansas City Chiefs and Super Bowl II against the Oakland Raiders.
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Wright also played for the New York Giants, Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears and St. Louis Cardinals football team.
Wright was the model for the Walter Payton Man of the Year. Recipients receive a statue in Wright's likeness even after being named for former Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton.
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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