Jim Turner, who kicked three field goals for the Jets in their only Super Bowl victory, has died at 82.
Turner, who would go on to star for the Broncos, died of heart failure with his family by his side on Saturday,Turner made field goals from 32, 30, and 9 yards in the Jets’ 16-7 victory over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III in 1969 after quarterback Joe Namath famously guaranteed victory.
However, he was signed by Jets coach Weeb Ewbank the following year, and was on the team for a few years prior to the American Football League’s merger with the NFL.“It was a dump and it should have continued to be a dump,”
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