- Jim Kearney recorded five tackles in Super Bowl IV.
- Duane Thomas scored a touchdown in two Super Bowls (SBV and SBVI) winning the second.
- Jacoby Jones returned a 108-yard kickoff for a touchdown, the longest in Super Bowl history.
DALLAS - Super Bowl champions Jim Kearney, Duane Thomas, and Jacoby Jones all passed away this week.
Jim Kearney (81) was a Super Bowl IV champion during his run with the Kansas City Chiefs. While he isn't in the Hall of Fame, he played with many who were to become one of the best Super Bowl winning defenses together.
- Buck Buchanan
- Curley Culp
- Willie Lanier
- Emmitt Thomas
- Bobby Bell
- Johnny Robinson
The safety helped the Kansas City Super Bowl odds for years, having been a starter for every game from 1967-75.
Fun fact: Kearney held the single season record for most interceptions returned for a touchdown in a season (4) until Daron Bland broke it in 2023.
Duane Thomas
At 77, Duane Thomas passed away. A Dallas native, Thomas helped the Dallas Cowboys win Super Bowl VI in 1972.
The first-round pick led the team in rushing during his rookie year and caught a touchdown pass in the Super Bowl. Doubling his touchdown production in Year 2, he continued his performance into the playoffs, where he rushed for a touchdown and nearly 100 yards.
Unfortunately, Duane Thomas in the Super Bowl over the Dolphins was the height, as Thomas finished his NFL career with only 2000 yards and 21 touchdowns.
Jacoby Jones
As the youngest of the group, the world was stunned to hear Jacoby Jones passed away at 40. With the record for longest scoring touchdown in the Super Bowl, his death has given Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens even more motivation.
While the Ravens Super Bowl odds sit near the top, winning SBLIX in New Orleans - Jones' hometown - only seems fitting.
Before his death, Jones prepared himself to be the head coach of an indoor football team (the Beaumont Renegades) before his death from hypertensive cardiovascular disease. Jones will forever be a Super Bowl XLVII icon for the league and the Ravens themselves.
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