Roy Lee Jefferson is a former American football wide receiver who played twelve seasons in the National Football League. During 162 regular season games he had 451 receptions for 7,539 yards and 52 touchdowns. Drafted out of the University of Utah, where he had been named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year in his senior year, Jefferson spent his first five NFL seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In 1968, Jefferson led the NFL in receiving yards with 1,074. His 58 receptions and 11 touchdowns were both 2nd highest in the NFL that season. He was named 1st Team All-Pro by Associated Press, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, New York Daily News and UPI in 1969. Jefferson finished that season with 67 receptions for 1,079 yards and nine touchdowns and became the first Steelers receiver to post back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons. Despite being the Steelers best offensive player, conflicts with head coach Chuck Noll would result in Jefferson being traded to the Baltimore Colts before the 1970 season. Jefferson was with the Colts for only one season, but helped them reach and win Super Bowl V. 

November 9th, 1943 in Texarkana (Age 81)