Former Cowboys lineman Tom Rafferty was remembered for making the key block to spring Tony Dorsett's NFL-record 99-yard touchdown run. He died shortly after having a stroke.

Tom Rafferty, who played 14 seasons for the Dallas Cowboys as an offensive lineman and won a Super Bowl championship with the team, died Thursday at the age of 70. Rafferty had been hospitalized in Windsor, Colorado since suffering a stroke in early May, his daughter told the Dallas Morning News.

Tom Rafferty was an institution with the Cowboys as he played with quarterback Roger Staubach and he played with quarterback Troy Aikman.