A family member confirmed to FOX31 in an email that Jones passed away on Aug. 16 at the age of 83 — but his legacy in basketball will live on for generations, just as it has in decades past.

Billy Howton, former Green Bay Packers star of the pre-Super Bowl era, has died.

Packers star Billy Howton, believed to have been the oldest living NFL player, dies at 95 FILE – Billy Howton of the Green Bay Packers in Philadelphia, on Jan. 27, 1958, after a conference on ...

He was believed to have been the oldest living NFL player.Howton scored the Packers' first receiving touchdown at Lambeau Field in 1957.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, in an exclusive interview with USA TODAY Sports' Jarrett Bell, discusses extensively Micah Parsons' contract situation.

This may not be what Jerry Jones was hoping for when it comes to headlines, but the Cowboys owner has been dubbed one of the biggest losers of training camp.

Billy Howton, a former Green Bay Packers star regarded as one of the most productive wide receivers of the pre-Super Bowl era who was a founder and the first president of the NFL Players ...

Former Packers star Billy Howton watches during a news conference on the feasibility of a player pension plan Jan. 27, 1958, in Philadelphia. Howton died in Houston on Monday, and Bradshaw-Carter ...

Former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Billy Howton, one of the top wideouts of the 1950s, died at 95. Believed to have been the NFL's oldest living player, Howton died Aug. 4 in Houston.

Packers star Billy Howton, believed to have been oldest living NFL player, dies at 95 Billy Howton, a former Green Bay Packers star regarded as one of the most productive wide receivers of the pre ...

Dallas Cowboys guard Robert Jones sustained a broken bone in his neck and is expected to miss two to three months of action, a league source told UPI on Monday.