NFL legend and two-time Super Bowl champion Lionel Taylor dead at 89 as tributes pour in
The team revealed the news with a statement on Wednesday night, announcing that he passed away on August 6.
Taylor is a two-time Super Bowl-winning coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers - in 1974 and 1975 - but is most well-known as a player with the Broncos.
He began his NFL career with the Chicago Bears in 1959 but then spent seven years in Denver, where he became the first player in professional football history to record 100 catches in a season.
He is in the Broncos' Ring of Honor and has a bust outside the team's stadium in Denver.
During the height of his career, he was named a three-time American Football League All-Star.
Speaking in 2024, Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy said: 'We all need role models in life, and fortunately, there was a Lionel Taylor there that I could look at and say, "Yeah, this is possible".
'I came in the league with Herm Edwards and Ray Rhodes, and we all became head coaches. It would not have happened without Lionel Taylor.'
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