WINDSOR, Colo. -- Former Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl champion offensive lineman Tom Rafferty has died, the team announced Friday. He was 70. Rafferty died Thursday in Windsor, Colorado, following a stroke, his daughter Rachel Powers confirmed to The Dallas Morning News. He had been hospitalized since early May.

Longtime Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Tom Rafferty, who helped the team to a Super Bowl 12 championship in the 1977 season, has passed away. According to Kevin Sherrington of The Dallas Morning News,

With Trevon Diggs and rookie Shavon Revel Jr. recovering from ACL tears, veteran CB Kendall Fuller could be the stabilizing force Dallas needs.