Wright was wearing a bird-cage facemask and had a cape laying on his shoulders in the sculpture. The trophy, which has mostly been called the "NFL Man of the Year Award," was renamed to honor ...

Wright played 101 games across nine NFL seasons. advertisement. CBS Sports. Steve Wright dies at 82: Former Packers OL was inspiration for Walter Payton Man of the Year trophy sculpture.

Steve Wright, an NFL lineman whose impressive stature was immortalized in a sculpture that became the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year trophy, has died at the age of 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.

Wright, the No. 69 pick by the Packers, spent his first four NFL seasons with the Cheesheads. Steve Wright was a key part of the Packers’ squads that won the first two Super Bowl games in the ...

Steve Wright, an offensive lineman who played for the Green Bay Packers from 1964 to 1967, died June 1 in Augusta, Georgia. He was 82. Wright was drafted by the Packers out of the University of ...