Two-time Super Bowl winner Manny Fernandez has died at the age of 79. Fernandez was a defensive lineman for the Miami Dolphins teams that won back-to-back Super Bowls in the 1970s. The team announced his death on Thursday after he passed away on Sunday in Ellaville, Georgia. No cause of death was released. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Manny Fernandez, a member of the 1972 Perfect Team, a two-time Super Bowl champion, Ring of Honor member, and an anchor of the Dolphins’ legendary No-Name Defense,” the statement said. Fernandez played a major role in Miami’s historic undefeated 1972 season and delivered one of the standout performances in Super Bowl VII, recording a sack and 17 tackles against Washington. One of his most famous moments came later that season when, despite battling illness and a high fever, he left a hospital to play against Buffalo and scored a touchdown after stripping the ball from Bills quarterback Dennis Shaw. The Miami Dolphins remembered him as “one of the best players in Dolphins history.” Fernandez played for the Miami Dolphins between 1968 and 1975.
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