Editing Don Maynard (section)

==Post-NFL career==
[[Image:DonMaynard.jpeg|thumb|upright|left|Maynard in 2013]]
Following his NFL career, Maynard went on to participate in many charity-sponsored events. He also participated in the coin toss in [[Super Bowl XXXIII]] along with his former teammates, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the 1958 NFL Championship, which is also known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played". He was also once named the grand marshal in the annual El Paso Sun Bowl Thanksgiving Parade. He worked as a math and industrial arts teacher, sold a variety of products, and was a financial planner.<ref name="profootballresearchers1"/>

Later in his life, Maynard lived in both El Paso and in [[Ruidoso, New Mexico]] to be close to his son and daughter and two grandchildren.<ref name="nj.com"/> His son was also a coach in the Canadian Football League with the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] in 1990.<ref name="profootballresearchers1"/>

Maynard and his wife Marilyn (Weaver), whom he met when she was a student at Texas Western, were married in December 1955 after his junior season. She predeceased him. Maynard died from complications of [[dementia]], among other ailments, at a care facility in Ruidoso on January 10, 2022, at the age of 86.<ref name="espn-obit">{{cite news |title=Pro Football Hall of Famer, New York Jets great Don Maynard dies at age 86 |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33035848/pro-football-hall-famer-new-york-jets-great-maynard-dies-age-86 |access-date=January 10, 2022 |work=ESPN.com |date=January 10, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="NYT-Obit">{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Don Maynard, Hall of Fame Receiver for Champion Jets, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/sports/football/don-maynard-dead.html |access-date=January 10, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=January 10, 2022}}</ref>
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