Super Bowl III Champ Jim Hudson Passes Away

Very sad. I remember reading that he was Namath's best friend on the team and ultimately the guy who talked Namath into allowing the defense to try to win games taking the pressure off him to try and force bad passes.

 

RIP Jim Hudson.
I loved reading about him, never got to see him play, but he was undoubtedly a great player and Jet.

 

Been a rough year on my heroes. First Sauer and now Hudson.

 

Sad to hear. R.I.P Jim Hudson.

 

R.I.P. Jim Hudson

Son-of-a-bitch Jim Hudson: edged out 'Bama/Namath in the Orange Bowl (was a defensive back AND a QB).

Jet Jim Hudson: INT in SB III.

R.I.P. Longhorn.

 

I remember his interception like it was yesterday. It was on a flea-flicker, and when Morrall got the ball back he missed that a wide open Jimmy Orr was frantically waving his hands at the goal line. Morrall instead threw the ball over the middle and Hudson stepped in front of the pass, preserving the Jets' 7-0 lead.

Hudson, Pete Lammons, and George Sauer were teammates at U Texas. Hudson played both ways, and threw a TD pass to Sauer in the 1965 Orange Bowl that helped beat Namath's Alabama team. Scouts for the Jets were at the game to see Namath, and were so impressed with Hudson's athleticism that they recommended him to the team, which signed him as a free agent. He, Lammons, Sauer, Namath, Paul Crane, and Matt Snell were among the first players to win both a collegiate national championship and a Super Bowl. (They might have been the first - I don't know if any of the 1966-1967 Packers had won a national championship in college.)

First Sauer, now Hudson. Very sad. RIP.

 

My favorite, next to Joe Willie, the reason I wore #22 my whole life...a very good safety

 

Jim Hudson was a winner. Rest in Peace.

 

Helped the NYJs win there only SB rings. May he RIP

 

May he R.I.P!!!!

 

Sad. RIP. He's donating his brain and spine to research on neurological injuries

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/29/s...win-title-dies-at-70.html?ref=obituaries&_r=0

 

r.i.p. he was jim (leonard) to buddy ryan/ walt michaels as jim was to rex ryan/ mike pettine.

 

Never had an opportunity to see him play live (seen SB highlights of him) but I still remember my grandfather talking Hudson when talking the Safety position as if it were yesterday. :sad:

 

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RIP Jim. Try to help us win a SB from the other side.

 

H'mm just wondering how many of U actually saw him play either on TV or in person :sad:

 

I did Champ, very good player, big game player, big play maker..one of our best safeties ever, very smart...

 

Yes I had U factored in. :sad:

 

He wasn't superfast, but he was smart and rangy, with good anticipation and good hands, Champ...