Former University of Kentucky and Corbin High School football star Rodger Bird died in Henderson, Ky., on May 16, 2020. Bird was an All-American at UK before playing for the Oakland Raiders, now ...

Rodger Bird, known Kentucky-wide as the "Corbin Comet," died Saturday in Henderson. Bird was 76. The Kentucky football great was inducted into the UK Athletics Hall of Fame and is a member of the ...

Rodger Bird, who played for the Raiders in their AFL days and was a legendary Kentucky football player known as the "Corbin Comet," has died at 76.

LEXINGTON, Kentucky – University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Famer Rodger Bird, an All-America halfback for the UK football team and member of a legendary family of Wildcats, has died at the age of ...

Rodger Bird stood in his own end zone waiting for the Virginia Tech kicker to get the 1963 University of Kentucky football season underway. He was a sophomore playing his first varsity game ...

Known as the 'Corbin Comet, Bird was an All-Stater with the Redhounds, All-American at Kentucky, played in Super Bowl II with the Oakland Raiders.

The Corbin-native and former halfback for UK went on to play for the Oakland Raiders from 1966 to 1971.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Famer Rodger Bird, an All-America halfback for the UK football team and member of a legendary family of Wildcats, has died at the age of ...

University of Kentucky football legend Rodger Bird died at the age of 76 on Saturday. The following is a press release from the UK media relations department on his passing.