Overview

• The Cowboys announced his death Saturday without specifying when he died or a cause.
• Multiple outlets, citing his son’s comments to the Dallas Morning News, reported he was in hospice and died of kidney failure, which the team has not confirmed.
• A first-round pick in 1963, he spent 14 seasons with Dallas, earned five Pro Bowls, and was later inducted into the team’s Ring of Honor.
• He helped deliver the franchise’s first Super Bowl with a 24-3 win over the Dolphins in the 1971 season as the centerpiece of the ‘Doomsday Defense.’
• Before the NFL, he captained Alabama’s 1961 national champions under Bear Bryant, was a unanimous 1962 All-American, and entered the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.