Elbert Dubenion

Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion (February 16, 1933 – December 26, 2019) was an American football flanker who spent his entire nine-season professional career with the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League. He played college football for the Bluffton Beavers and was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 1959 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns. At 26, considered too old and from too small a college to be a serious prospect, he was released by the Browns before the start of the season.

Dubenion caught on with the Bills and became the longest-tenured member of the franchise's inaugural roster, despite being 27 years old at the start of his professional career. He is regarded as one of the most exciting players in team history, an archetype of the AFL's emphasis on offense and the long pass. Known for his raw speed and unreliable hands, he earned the nickname "Golden Wheels" during his 1960 Bills debut, when quarterback Johnny Green said of his fellow rookie teammate, "Man can't catch, but he's got those golden wheels." The nickname stayed with him for the rest of his career.