Super Bowl champion Greg Hawthorne dead at 69

Greg Hawthorne, a Super Bowl champion moving backmost with the Pittsburgh Steelers has died, his household announced connected societal media. He was 69.

The Steelers selected Hawthorne with the No. 28 wide prime retired of Fort Worth Polytechnic successful the 1979 NFL Draft. He was a rookie erstwhile the Steelers defeated the Los Angeles Rams successful Super Bowl XIV.

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Greg Hawthorne No. 27 of the Pittsburgh Steelers returns a kickoff during an NFL crippled astatine Three Rivers Stadium successful Pittsburgh, Pa. Hawthorne played for the Steelers from 1979-83. (Focus connected Sport/Getty Images)

"On behalf of the Hawthorne family, it is with heavy sadness that our member Gregory Dale Hawthorne passed distant past night," a Facebook station read. "Please support his parent and his children, his member and sisters arsenic good arsenic the full household successful your prayers."

A origin of decease was not made known.

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Running backmost Greg Hawthorne No. 27 of the Pittsburgh Steelers runs with the shot arsenic helium is tackled by linebacker Gary Campbell No. 59 of the Chicago Bears astatine Three Rivers Stadium successful Pittsburgh, Pa. The Steelers defeated the Bears 38-3. (George Gojkovich/Reuters)

Hawthorne played 5 years with the Steelers, splitting clip betwixt moving backmost and a wide receiver. He appeared successful 59 games, had 522 rushing yards and 7 rushing touchdowns. He besides had 55 catches for 710 yards and 3 touchdown catches.

He played 3 seasons with the New England Patriots and 1 much with the Indianapolis Colts. He made a game-changing play successful the 1985 AFC Championship for the Patriots, recovering a fumble connected the opening kickoff of the 2nd half. New England won the crippled and precocious to Super Bowl XX.

Pittsburgh Steelers caput manager Chuck Noll talks to Terry Bradshaw, Cliff Stoudt and Greg Hawthorne connected the sidelines against the San Diego Chargers during the 1982 AFC Divisional Playoff crippled astatine Three Rivers Stadium successful Pittsburgh, Pa. (Malcolm Emmons/USA Today Sports)

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He finished his vocation playing successful 105 games with 11 full touchdowns and 1,639 yards from scrimmage.