John Vella, who gained Tremendous Bowl with Oakland Raiders, dies at 74
John Vella, an offensive lineman who performed eight seasons within the NFL and gained a Tremendous Bowl with the Raiders, has died on the age of 74, the staff introduced Wednesday.
No reason for demise was given.
“The Raiders Household mourns the passing of John Vella, a standout on the dominant Raider offensive traces of the Seventies and a starter on Oakland’s Tremendous Bowl XI Championship staff,” the staff stated in a press release. “The prayers of the whole Raider Nation are with the Vella household right now.”
The Raiders chosen Vella within the second spherical of the 1972 draft out of Southern Cal. He performed in 92 profession video games (48 begins), all however eight of these video games coming with the Raiders. He completed out his profession in Minnesota in 1980.
Vella began 14 video games at proper sort out in the course of the 1976 season, culminating with three begins within the postseason because the Raiders defeated the Vikings 32-14 in Tremendous Bowl XI.
