Jim Taylor

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Jim Taylor was a bruising fullback for the Green Bay Packers who mauled defenders and buoyed the offense for coach Vince Lombardi in the late 1950s and early ‘60s.

Taylor died unexpectedly Saturday at a Baton Rouge, La., hospital, the Packers said. He was 83.

A native of Baton Rouge, the rugged Taylor is remembered as perhaps the last great fullback in professional football, a player tasked as much with carrying the football as blocking before the modern game divvied those responsibilities. He played nine seasons with the Packers from 1958-66 and departed Green Bay as the franchise’s all-time leading rusher.

His records would stand for generations.