Woodrow Lowe, a three-time All-American at Alabama before and an 11-year NFL veteran, died after battling a lengthy illness.

He was 71.

Lowe’s brother confirmed to AL.com that he died Thursday morning.

“Woodrow was a great older brother,” Eddie Lowe, who currently serves as the mayor of Phenix City in Alabama, told AL.com. “He pushed me, not just in football, but in life. He was pushed himself, and he passed that down to me.

“He was a good person, a very good person. He loved people and gave of himself his entire life. He lived a good life.”

The linebacker started his college football career in 1972 — the first year in which freshmen were permitted to play on varsity squads — and soon became a starter for an Alabama team that won the SEC championship.

“At Alabama, we had great expe

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