Don Chandler, the kicker on Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers championship teams of 1965, 1966 and 1967, died at the age of 76 after battling cancer, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported Friday.
Chandler spent nine seasons with the New York Giants and worked with Lombardi in the late 1950s, before being brought by him to Green Bay in 1965.
He is best remembered for a controversial game-winning field goal in overtime that gave the Packers a 13-10 victory over the Baltimore Colts in the Western Division championship game at Lambeau Field in 1965. Despite protests from the Colts, who saw Chandler react negatively to the 25-yard kick, the field goal was awarded by the officials.
Chandler led the scoring in each of his three seasons with the Packers, totaling 261 points, before Donny Anderson assumed his role in 1967. He was inducted into the Packers' Hall of Fame in 1975.
Chandler passed away Thursday morning in Tulsa, Okla.
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