Nick Buoniconti photos
Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Nick Buoniconti, who helped lead Dolphins to NFL's only perfect season, died at age 78.
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FILE - This is a 1973 file photo showing Miami Dolphins football player Nick Buoniconti. Pro Football Hall of Fame middle linebacker Nick Buoniconti, an undersized overachiever who helped lead the Miami Dolphins to the NFL's only perfect season, has died at the age of 78. Bruce Bobbins, a spokesman for the Buoniconti family, said he died Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Bridgehampton, N.Y. (AP Photo/George Brich, File)
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Marc Buoniconti, left, and his father, former Miami Dolphin Nick Buoniconti.
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Marc Buoniconti, left, and his father, former Miami Dolphins player Nick Buoniconti, speak after Marc received the American Institute for Public Service Jefferson Award at the Supreme Court in Washington on June 28, 1989.
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Nick Buoniconti, former Miami Dolphins player and member of the 1972 undefeated team, in introduced at halftime on Dec. 16, 2012.
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Former Miami Dolphins player Nick Buoniconti, left, is presented a football by former player and current Dolphins senior vice president of special projects and alumni relations, Nat Moore, during the Dolphins' All-Time 50th Anniversary Team ceremony on Dec. 14, 2015.
