Former Jets, Eagles Star Gerry Philbin Passes Away
June 26, 2025
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J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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Longtime NFL defensive end Gerry Philbin, who won a Super Bowl with the New York Jets and finished his career with the Philadelphia Eagles, has died. He was 83.
The Jets announced Philbin’s passing on social media Wednesday.
“He was a man’s man, he was a good father, he was a great teammate. And he was one of the leaders on our team.” -John Schmitt
Sending our love to the friends and family of Gerry Philbin.
— New York Jets (@nyjets) June 25, 2025
Philbin earned two Pro Bowl Selections, was a two-time All-Pro, and also won an AFL championship with the Jets over his 10-year career (1964-73).
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Defenive end Gerry Philbin #81 of the New York Jets watches from the sideline against the Cincinnati Bengals at Shea Stadium on December 19, 1971 in Flushing, New York. Defenive end Gerry Philbin #81 of the New York Jets watches from the sideline against the Cincinnati Bengals at Shea Stadium on December 19, 1971 in Flushing, New York. Fred Roe/Getty Images
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