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DALLAS — Lee Roy Jordan, a linebacker on the first Super Bowl-winning team for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970s, has died. He was 84.

The Cowboys announced Jordan's death Saturday without saying when he died or giving a cause of death.

Jordan was a first-round draft pick by Dallas in 1963 after a standout career at Alabama, where he played for the late Paul "Bear" Bryant.

Lee Roy Jordan Donna McWilliam, AP File

Jordan was a big part of the "Doomsday" defense that carried the Cowboys to a Super Bowl title in a 24-3 victory over the Miami Dolphins during the 1971 season. He retired in 1976, the year before Dallas won its second championship.

A five-time Pro Bowler, Jordan was the first player inducted into the team's ring of honor after owner Jerry Jones bought the te

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