Pro Football Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti, a stalwart linebacker for the Patriots in their AFL days and later a member of the Miami Dolphins’ undefeated team of 1972, has died at age 78.
Bruce Bobbins, a spokesman for the family, said Mr. Buoniconti died Tuesday in Bridgehampton, N.Y. A cause of death wasn’t immediately known.
Mr. Buoniconti also became the founder of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis after his son Marc was paralyzed in a college football game.
