Billy Howton was an All-American at Rice and All-Pro with the Green Bay Packers, but his biggest contributions to the NFL came off the field where he helped retired players get a pension.

Green Bay Packers Hall of Famer and NFL Players Association inaugural president Billy Howton died Monday at the age of 95. He was believed to be the oldest-living NFL player, according to The Associated Press.

Billy Howton, a former Green Bay Packers star regarded as one of the most productive wide receivers of the pre-Super Bowl era who was a founder and the first president of the NFL Players Association,