Super Bowl champ Don Hasselbeck dead at 70

Don Hasselbeck, a Super Bowl champion choky extremity who played 9 years successful the NFL, died aft going into cardiac apprehension astatine his home, his lad said Monday. He was 70.

Matt Hasselbeck, the erstwhile NFL backmost and lad of the elder Hasselbeck, remembered his begetter successful a station connected X.

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New England Patriots' Don Hasselbeck, #80, fights to clasp connected to a walk arsenic Washington Redskins' Monte Coleman, #51, tries to shingle the shot escaped connected Oct. 25, 1981. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart, File)

"He was a large husband, father, grandfather, friend, coach, player, coworker, artist, mentor, and storyteller. Despite being an All-American astatine Colorado and a Super Bowl Champion with the Raiders, what we are astir arrogant of is the person helium was for our family," helium wrote.

"He helped acceptable our feet connected coagulated ground. Married to and successful emotion with our mom, Betsy, for 50 years, they built their location connected the stone of Jesus Christ. Our dad’s supplication journals, successful his meticulous handwriting and successful a rainbow of pen colors, clasp each of our names and needs. Many of you who person known our father, person been thoughtfully prayed for successful the pages of his journals."

Don Hasselbeck was a second-round prime successful the 1977 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. He played for the Patriots until 1983, erstwhile helium was traded to the Los Angeles Raiders.

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He played 14 games with the Raiders and appeared successful each of their playoff games en way to their Super Bowl triumph implicit the Washington Redskins.

Hasselbeck past spent 1 play each with the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants earlier helium retired.

"There is simply a 6’ 7" spread successful our hearts. He volition beryllium truthful missed by truthful many. We are beyond grateful that helium was our dada and look guardant to Heaven and being each unneurotic again," Matt Hasselbeck added.

University of Colorado's choky extremity Don Hasselbeck, #89, takes University of Texas' Steve Collier, #28, for a three-yard thrust successful the archetypal 4th of the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl crippled successful Houston connected Dec. 27, 1975. (AP Photo/Ed Kolenovsky, File)

Both of Don Hasselbeck’s sons, Matt and Tim, some played successful the NFL.

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He had 107 catches for 1,542 yards and 18 touchdowns successful 123 vocation games.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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