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NFL Super Bowl Champion Who Modeled Walter Payton Award Trophy Has Died

Steve Wright, who played on the offensive line for the Green Bay Packers, passed away Sunday at the age of 82 in a care facility located in Augusta, Georgia.
Wright was an offensive tackle for Alabama during the early 1960s and joined the NFL after being selected in the 1964 draft, facing stiff competition on the Packers' offensive line.
He spent four seasons with Green Bay under coach Vince Lombardi, won three NFL titles including two Super Bowls, then played five more seasons with four other teams.
In 1969, Wright modeled for Daniel Bennett Schwartz's design of 'The Gladiator' sculpture, which became the NFL Man of the Year trophy renamed in 1999 for Walter Payton.
Wright's legacy includes inspiring the trophy honoring players’ community service and excellence, though he never received the award himself during his nine-year career.

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Staten Island Advance

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NFL Super Bowl champion who modeled Walter Payton award trophy has died

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Former Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Steve Wright, who was the model for what is now the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year trophy, has died. He was 82.

9 days ago·Richmond County, United States

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Cleveland

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2-time Super Bowl champ who modeled prestigious NFL trophy dies

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Former Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Steve Wright, who was the model for what is now the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year trophy, has died. He was 82.

10 days ago·Cleveland, United States

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The Western Journal

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Former NFL Player Steve Wright, Model for Figure Atop League's Most Prestigious Award, Dead at 82

The NFL’s ideal physical representation of a “Man of the Year” has passed away at the age of 82. Steve Wright, whose likeness is forever immortalized atop the trophy of […] The post Former NFL Player Steve Wright, Model for Figure Atop League's Most Prestigious Award, Dead at 82 appeared first on The Western Journal.

10 days ago·Phoenix, United States

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Giants legend-turned-NFL model dies at 82

Former Giants tackle Steve Wright, an NFL legend with two Super Bowl rings, died Sunday at a care facility in Augusta, Ga. He was 82.

11 days ago·New Jersey, United States

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Steve Wright, Packers Super Bowl champion whose likeness was used on iconic NFL trophy, dead at 82

Steve Wright, a three-time NFL champion with the Packers whose likeness was used on the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year trophy, died on Sunday in Alabama, Green Bay announced. He was 82.

11 days ago·New York, United States

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Steve Wright Dies at 82, Ex-NFL OL Was Model for Walter Payton Man of the Year Trophy

Steve Wright, the offensive lineman used as the model for the Walter Payton Man of the Year trophy, died at 82 on Sunday, the Green Bay Packers announced Tuesday.

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