Jesse Powell (American football)
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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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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.[1] He played linebacker and special teams with the Miami Dolphins from 1969 to 1973.
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.[2] 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.[3][4][5] He announced his retirement from pro football just before the start of the 1974 preseason.[6] Overall, Powell played for three Super Bowl teams.[2]
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.[2]
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.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jesse Powell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 1, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "West Texan Powell, Member of Dolphins unbeaten champion, dies at 65". June 14, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
- ↑ Nobles, Charlie (October 2, 1973). "Powell Plays with Pain...in Silence". Miami News. p. 17. Retrieved October 10, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Nobles, Charlie (October 10, 1973). "Browns Traded Matheson--Now They Face 53 Defense". Miami News. p. 35. Retrieved October 10, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Dolphins' Sellers in Cast Two Weeks". Orlando Sentinel. October 9, 1973. p. 33. Retrieved October 10, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Padecky, Bob (July 7, 1974). "Dolphins to Man Picket Lines Today". Fort Lauderdale News. p. 56. Retrieved October 10, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
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