Gerry Philbin, a defensive pillar of the Jets’ lone Super Bowl-winning team, has died at age 83, the team announced on its website on Wednesday.

The report did not specify an exact date or cause of death.

A third-round AFL Draft pick by the Jets out of the University at Buffalo in 1964, Philbin spent nine seasons with the team, including 1968, when they won their only Super Bowl, a 16-7 upset of the Colts.

Philbin, who also had been drafted by the NFL’s Lions in the third round, was an AFL All-Star at defensive end in 1968 and ’69, was named to the AFL’s All-Time team and was inducted into the Jets’ Ring of Honor in 2011.

He finished his career by playing one season with the Eagles and one with the WFL’s New York Stars in 1974.

Philbin was known as one of the great pass-rushers of his time despite being undersized even for his era, listed at 6-2, 245.

Sacks were not an official statistic until 1982, but the Jets credited Philbin with 65 of them, fourth-most in franchise history. He finished in double digits every year from 1966 through ’69.

Philbin described his bluntly simple approach in an interview with Newsday in 1967, saying, “Football is like war. There’s a different battle every Sunday. You either give a physical beating or you take one.”

The Jets’ website quoted Philbin in 2011 explaining his strategy. “I had a unique style to rush the passer,” he said. “I liked to do the spin move on the inside a lot. I think the quickness helped me, not being as big as some of the linemen.”

Philbin was born on July 31, 1941, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He chose the Jets because he believed they treated him better than the Lions did. Staying in his native Northeast also was a draw.

After retiring from football, he owned a sand and gravel business on Long Island, then sold real estate in Florida, where he settled in his later years.

In a 2018 interview with the Jets’ website, he reflected on what winning Super Bowl III meant.

“The impact was so great that finally, the AFL was on par with the NFL,” he said. “It really meant so much to the players around the league in the AFL because we were really second-class citizens up until the time the Jets won in the Super Bowl . . . So, it really was the impact of the game more or less for the players in the AFL and the fans around the country in the AFL cities.

“That’s what my biggest thrill was. That and to go home and be No. 1 in New York is another good reason.”