No one wore his Pro Football Hall of Fame gold jacket more proudly — or perhaps as often — as Jim Taylor.

Elected in 1976 — the first of the Vince Lombardi-era Green Bay Packers to be so honored — Taylor, who came out of Baton Rouge High and LSU to become a five-time Pro Bowl fullback and a member of the NFL’s All-Decade team of the 1960s, seldom turned down an opportunity to wear the distinctive jacket at league-related functions.