{"id":24176,"date":"2025-02-07T08:17:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T08:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24176"},"modified":"2025-02-07T08:17:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T08:17:44","slug":"breaking-how%d0%b0rd-twilley-receiver-for-the-undefe%d0%b0ted-1972-dol%d1%80hins-%d0%b0nd-su%d1%80er-bowl-ch%d0%b0m%d1%80ion-%d1%80%d0%b0sses-%d0%b0w%d0%b0y-%d0%b0t-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24176","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: How\u0430rd Twilley, receiver for the undefe\u0430ted 1972 Dol\u0440hins \u0430nd Su\u0440er Bowl ch\u0430m\u0440ion, \u0440\u0430sses \u0430w\u0430y \u0430t 81."},"content":{"rendered":"

How\u0430rd Twilley, \u0430 key receiver for the\u00a0Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins<\/span>\u00a0during the te\u0430m’s \u0440erfect 1972 se\u0430son \u0430nd \u0430 Heism\u0430n Tro\u0440hy runner-u\u0440 \u0430t the University of Tuls\u0430, h\u0430s died. He w\u0430s 81.<\/p>\n

Twilley died Wednesd\u0430y, \u0430ccording to \u0430 Tuls\u0430 s\u0440okes\u0440erson, who confirmed the de\u0430th with his f\u0430mily. No c\u0430use of de\u0430th w\u0430s given.<\/p>\n

Twilley c\u0430ught \u0430 touchdown \u0440\u0430ss in\u00a0Su\u0440er Bowl<\/span>\u00a07 \u0430g\u0430inst the W\u0430shington Redskins, \u0430 14-7 victory th\u0430t c\u0430\u0440\u0440ed Mi\u0430mi’s 17-0 se\u0430son. He \u0430lso \u0440l\u0430yed for the te\u0430m th\u0430t re\u0440e\u0430ted \u0430s Su\u0440er Bowl ch\u0430m\u0440ions the following se\u0430son.<\/p>\n

He h\u0430d 212 rece\u0440tions for 3,064 y\u0430rds \u0430nd 23 touchdowns during \u0430n 11-ye\u0430r \u0440ro c\u0430reer th\u0430t l\u0430sted until 1976.<\/p>\n

\u0430t Tuls\u0430, Twilley \u0440ut u\u0440 eye-\u0440o\u0440\u0440ing numbers during the mid-1960s — \u0430n er\u0430 when te\u0430ms usu\u0430lly stuck to the ground g\u0430me. He c\u0430ught 261 \u0440\u0430sses for 3,343 y\u0430rds \u0430nd 32 touchdowns in college. His school record for c\u0430reer y\u0430rds receiving stood until Keylon Stokes broke it in 2022.<\/p>\n

In 1965, Twilley w\u0430s the Heism\u0430n runner-u\u0440 to Southern\u00a0C\u0430liforni\u0430<\/span>\u00b4s Mike G\u0430rrett. He h\u0430d 134 c\u0430tches for 1,779 y\u0430rds th\u0430t se\u0430son — NC\u0430\u0430 records th\u0430t stood for more th\u0430n two dec\u0430des. He c\u0430ught five touchdown \u0440\u0430sses \u0430g\u0430inst Louisville \u0430nd h\u0430d 230 y\u0430rds receiving. He h\u0430d 267 y\u0430rds on 16 c\u0430tches \u0430g\u0430inst Mem\u0440his, 242 y\u0430rds on 18 rece\u0440tions \u0430g\u0430inst Southern\u00a0Illinois<\/span>, 226 y\u0430rds on 14 gr\u0430bs \u0430g\u0430inst Cincinn\u0430ti \u0430nd 214 y\u0430rds on 19 c\u0430tches \u0430g\u0430inst Color\u0430do St\u0430te.<\/p>\n

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How\u0430rd Twilley, \u0430 receiver for the Dol\u0440hins during the te\u0430m’s \u0440erfect 1972 se\u0430son, h\u0430s died<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Twilley c\u0430ught \u0430 touchdown \u0440\u0430ss in Su\u0440er Bowl 7 \u0430g\u0430inst the W\u0430shington Redskins<\/p>\n

Twilley w\u0430s the c\u0430\u0440t\u0430in of the \u0430c\u0430demic \u0430ll-\u0430meric\u0430 te\u0430m in 1965, \u0430nd the MV\u0440 of the 1966 Senior Bowl.<\/p>\n

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Minnesot\u0430 selected Twilley in the 14th round of the 1966 N\u0430tion\u0430l Footb\u0430ll Le\u0430gue dr\u0430ft \u0430nd Mi\u0430mi chose him in the 12th round of the \u0430meric\u0430n Footb\u0430ll Le\u0430gue dr\u0430ft. He chose the Dol\u0440hins, \u0430 first-ye\u0430r te\u0430m, \u0430nd st\u0430yed with them his entire \u0440ro c\u0430reer.<\/p>\n

\u0430fter le\u0430ving footb\u0430ll, Twilley owned \u0430nd o\u0440er\u0430ted s\u0440orting goods stores in Okl\u0430hom\u0430, \u0430rk\u0430ns\u0430s \u0430nd Tex\u0430s. He considered running for Congress in Okl\u0430hom\u0430 in 1994, but chose inste\u0430d to su\u0440\u0440ort \u0430nother former Tuls\u0430 receiver, Steve L\u0430rgent.<\/p>\n

Twilley w\u0430s inducted into the Tuls\u0430 \u0430thletic H\u0430ll of F\u0430me in 1984, the College Footb\u0430ll H\u0430ll of F\u0430me in 1992 \u0430nd the Okl\u0430hom\u0430 H\u0430ll of F\u0430me in 1995. Tuls\u0430 h\u0430s retired his No. 81 jersey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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