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Raiders Super Bowl champion John Vella has died astatine the property of 74, the squad announced connected Wednesday.
Vella, a erstwhile violative lineman, was a starter connected the Raiders squad which won Super Bowl XI successful 1977 implicit the Vikings.
He played astir of his vocation with the Raiders, suiting up successful 84 games for the franchise from 1972 to 1979, and serving arsenic a starter during the team's Super Bowl run.
He aboriginal played 1 last play with the Vikings successful 1980.
In a connection posted to societal media, the Raiders called Vella a 'standout connected the ascendant Raider violative lines of the 1970s.'
'The prayers of the full Raider Nation are with the Vella household astatine this time.'
John Vella played astir of his vocation with the Raiders and won Super Bowl XI with the team
Vella is seen signing an autograph for a instrumentality successful 2015 portion the Raiders played the Ravebs
The Raiders did not notation a origin of death.
Following his playing career, Vella started a Raiders merchandise concern for fans called 'John Vella's Raider Locker Room,' which proved to beryllium a deed with fans of the achromatic and silver.
An All-American astatine USC successful college, Vella went connected to go a second-round prime by the Raiders successful 1972.
He stood astatine 6-foot-4 and was listed astatine 258 pounds during his career.
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