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Jul 31, 2019 · Nick Buoniconti, an undersized overachiever who became a Hall of Fame middle linebacker, helped lead the Miami Dolphins to the NFL’s only perfect season and became a leader in the effort to cure ...
Jul 31, 2019 · Nick Buoniconti was an undersized NFL linebacker, but he left a larger-than-life impression on the game he loved. Buoniconti, a Hall of Fame middle linebacker later afflicted by a degenerative ...
Feb 18, 2016 · Swift blitzed Washington’s quarterback Billy Kilmer forcing him to hurry his attempt to Taylor and yielding an interception by Nick Buoniconti in the last few minutes of the first half. Miami ...
May 19, 2020 · Nicholas Anthony Buoniconti Jr. was born on December 15, 1940 in Springfield, MA. to Nicholas Sr. and Pasqualina (Mercolino) Buoniconti. They ran an Italian bakery, Mercolino’s, located in Springfield’s South End. Young Nick conceded that were it not for his athletic talents he might have spent the rest of his life working at the bakery ...
Jun 21, 2020 · Nick Buoniconti, who anchored the Dolphins’ vaunted “No-Name Defense,” died last year after battling memory issues. Defensive lineman Bill Stanfill, 69, and offensive guard Bob Kuechenberg ...
Nov 20, 2019 · Lead Writer. Four U.S. senators introduced a resolution Thursday to honor the life of Dolphins Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti. Buoniconti, who passed away July 30 at the age of 78, followed his football career with more success as an attorney, television analyst and, more importantly, as a tireless fundraiser for spinal cord research.
Aug 2, 2019 · Aug. 2, 2019. When Nick Buoniconti walked off the pro football field for the final time in 1976, he got down on his hands and knees and kissed the turf at the Orange Bowl in Miami. The future Pro ...
