As Buffalo Bills President and CEO Russ Brandon said in a statement today: "No one loves this game more than Ralph Wilson. It's very tough. What he's meant to the entire organization. He's our leader, our mentor, our friend. How he loves his players and loved our community. Special guy. They just don't make them like Ralph Wilson."

More than 50 years ago Wilson brought a professional football team to Buffalo, and over that half century he made damn sure it stayed in Buffalo; hopefully it always remains that way.