Tom Rafferty, Super Bowl-winning Cowboys lineman, dead at 70
Former Cowboys lineman Tom Rafferty died Thursday, the team announced.
He was 70.
Rafferty had been hospitalized since May after suffering a stroke, and he died in Windsor, Colo., his daughter, Rachel Powers, confirmed.
Rafferty played on the Dallas offensive line for an impressive 14 seasons, protecting the likes of legendary quarterbacks Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman and clearing runways for running backs such as Tony Dorsett and Herschel Walker.