Jesse Powell (American football)
American football player (1947–2012)
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Jesse Loy Powell (April 14, 1947 – June 14, 2012) was an American professional football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He attended West Texas A&M. He played linebacker and special teams with the Miami Dolphins from 1969 to 1973.
Matador, Texas, U.S.
Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||
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| Born | April 14, 1947 Matador, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
| Died | June 14, 2012 (aged 65) Lubbock, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Spur (Spur, Texas) | ||||||
| College | West Texas A&M | ||||||
| NFL draft | 1969: 9th round, 219th overall pick | ||||||
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Powell was a member of the Dolphins during their perfect season of 1972 when the team had a 17-0 combined record in the regular season and playoffs and won Super Bowl VII.[1] Early in the 1973 season he was bothered by a chronic knee injury he suffered the prior season, which required season-ending surgery after 3 games to remove bone chips.[2][3][4] He announced his retirement from pro football just before the start of the 1974 preseason.[5] Overall, Powell played for three Super Bowl teams.[1]
Following retirement from the NFL, Powell briefly worked in the food industry before working with State Farm Insurance for 35 years. He retired from that company on March 31, 2012.[1]
Powell died in a Texas hospital on June 14, 2012. His brother told a local news agency that the mechanism of death was cardiac arrest, but a formal cause of death had not been established.[1]
