FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Pete Lammons, the starting tight end on the New York Jets' Super Bowl III championship team and a member of the University of Texas 1963 national champions, died Thursday in a boating accident in Texas, according to authorities. He was 77.
Lammons, an avid fisherman, fell overboard at the dock while preparing for a fishing tournament, according to a press release by Major League Fishing, which sponsored the MLF Toyota Series at Sam Rayburn Reservoir near Brookeland, Texas.
His body was recovered by vessels using sonar, but efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, according to MLF.