{"id":84844,"date":"2022-10-02T17:05:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T17:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/former-new-york-jets-stalwart-offensive-linemen-marvin-powell-jim-sweeney-die\/"},"modified":"2022-10-02T17:05:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T17:05:56","slug":"former-new-york-jets-stalwart-offensive-linemen-marvin-powell-jim-sweeney-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/former-new-york-jets-stalwart-offensive-linemen-marvin-powell-jim-sweeney-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Former New York Jets stalwart offensive linemen Marvin Powell, Jim Sweeney die"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former New York Jets players Marvin Powell and Jim Sweeney, stalwart offensive linemen in the 1970s and 1980s, died Friday and Saturday, respectively, the team announced Sunday.<\/p>\n
Powell died of heart failure, according to his son, Marvin Powell III. Sweeney’s cause of death wasn’t immediately released.<\/p>\n
Powell, who was 67, was a first-round pick in 1977 and a three-time All-Pro who played with the Jets through 1985. He played the final two years of his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n
Sweeney, who was 60, was a second-round pick in 1984 and started 158 consecutive games for the Jets, mostly at center. He was the Jets’ full-time center from 1988 to 1994 then finished his career with the Seattle Seahawks (1995) and Pittsburgh Steelers (1996-99). He grew up in Pittsburgh and attended Pitt, where he was Dan Marino’s center.<\/p>\n
“Our entire Jets family is saddened to learn of the passing of longtime and outstanding Jets, Marvin Powell and Jim Sweeney,” Jets owner Woody Johnson tweeted<\/a>. “We’re thinking of their families today.”<\/p>\n Our entire Jets family is saddened to learn of the passing of longtime and outstanding Jets, Marvin Powell and Jim Sweeney. We’re thinking of their families today. pic.twitter.com\/qNVDWBi7nW<\/a><\/p>\n\n