Jesse Powell
No. 56
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born:(1947-04-14)April 14, 1947
Matador, Texas
Died:June 14, 2012(2012-06-14) (aged 65)
Lubbock, Texas
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:Spur (TX)
College:West Texas A&M
NFL Draft:1969 / Round: 9 / Pick: 219
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Jesse Loy Powell (April 14, 1947 – June 14, 2012) was a professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. He attended West Texas A&M. 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.[1] 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.[2][3][4] He announced his retirement from pro football just before the start of the 1974 preseason.[5] Overall, Powell played for three Super Bowl teams.[1]

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.[1]

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.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "West Texan Powell, Member of Dolphins unbeaten champion, dies at 65". June 14, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ Nobles, Charlie (October 2, 1973). "Powell Plays with Pain...in Silence". Miami News. p. 17. Retrieved October 10, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Nobles, Charlie (October 10, 1973). "Browns Traded Matheson--Now They Face 53 Defense". Miami News. p. 35. Retrieved October 10, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Dolphins' Sellers in Cast Two Weeks". Orlando Sentinel. October 9, 1973. p. 33. Retrieved October 10, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ 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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