Jesse Powell (American football), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football player
Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1947
Place of Birth: Matador, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 14-Jun-2012
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Jesse Powell (American football)
- Jesse Loy Powell (April 14, 1947 – June 14, 2012) was a professional American football linebacker in the National Football League.
- He attended West Texas A&M.
- He played linebacker and special teams with the Miami Dolphins from 1969 to 1973. Powell was a member of the Dolphins during their perfect season of 1972 when the team had a 17-0 combined record in the regular season and playoffs and won Super Bowl VII.
- Early in the 1973 season he was bothered by a chronic knee injury he suffered the prior season, which required season-ending surgery after 3 games to remove bone chips.
- He announced his retirement from pro football just before the start of the 1974 preseason.
- Overall, Powell played for three Super Bowl teams.Following retirement from the NFL, Powell briefly worked in the food industry before working with State Farm Insurance for 35 years.
- He retired from that company on March 31, 2012.Powell died in a Texas hospital on June 14, 2012.
- His brother told a local news agency that the mechanism of death was cardiac arrest, but a formal cause of death had not been established.
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