Two-time Tremendous Bowl champion Howard Twilley, a member of the Miami Dolphins’ undefeated 1972 staff, has died at 81.
The Nationwide Soccer Basis introduced his passing on Friday, however didn’t present a explanation for demise. The Texas native died on Wednesday.
Earlier than touchdown in Miami, the extensive receiver performed at Tulsa. In 1965, he was named a unanimous All-American and the Heisman Trophy runner-up after averaging 13.4 receptions per sport, which the NFF stated stays an FBS document.
“Howard Twilley was one of many best receivers in faculty soccer historical past with an uncanny capability to get open and alter the course of a sport,” stated Archie Manning, NFF chairman. “He merely redefined what it meant to be a dominant receiver, and his efficiency at Tulsa through the 1965 season stays one of many best in our sport’s historical past.”
Each the AFL’s Dolphins and the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings chosen him within the late rounds of their 1966 drafts, and he wound up in Miami.
He spent 11 seasons with the Dolphins, successful back-to-back Tremendous Bowl championships after the 1972 and 1973 seasons. In 120 profession video games (82 begins) within the common season, he caught 212 passes for 3,064 yards and 23 touchdowns.
He began all three playoff video games in 1972, making 4 receptions for 61 yards and a rating.
“We’re deeply saddened by the passing of Howard Twilley, a founding participant for the Dolphins in 1966,” the staff stated in a press release Friday. “His landing in Tremendous Bowl VII helped the Dolphins cap the NFL’s solely good season and his contributions to the group will probably be ceaselessly remembered.”
We’re deeply saddened by the passing of Howard Twilley, a founding participant for the Dolphins in 1966.
His landing in Tremendous Bowl VII helped the Dolphins cap the NFL’s solely good season and his contributions to the group will probably be ceaselessly remembered. pic.twitter.com/4tKI6G5J7X
— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) February 7, 2025
Submit-retirement, Twilley owned a series of sporting items shops and labored for an funding agency.
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