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.

Wright died Sunday at a care facility in Augusta, Georgia, the Packers announced .

Drafted by the Packers in the fifth round of the 1964 NFL Draft, Wright played his first four seasons in Green Bay under legendary head coach Vince Lombardi, winning the NFL Championship in 1965 and Super Bowls in 1966 and 1967. He also played two seasons for the New York Giants, and one each with Washington, the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams.

In 1969, while Wright was playing for New York, the NFL commissioned artist Daniel Bennett Schwartz to create a sculpture named “The Gladiator.” When Schwartz asked the Giants for a player

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