Former Dolphins WR, 2-time Super Bowl champ dies at age 81
Twilley was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy during his time at Tulsa before he was picked by the Dolphins in the 12th round of the 1966 AFL draft. While he was also selected in 14th round of the NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings, Twilley chose Miami where he spent his entire 11-year professional career.
After a stellar college career, he spent 11 years with Miami. He caught a touchdown pass in the Super Bowl that concluded the team’s undefeated season.
Howard Twilley sits in his three-story Tulsa house and evidence of the good life is all around him. A section of a wall in the room he uses for an office is decorated with pictorial highlights of a ...
The University of Tulsa announced former football player Howard Twilley passed away at 81. He is in TU's Athletic Hall of ...
Heisman Trophy runner-up, Twilley was inducted into the Tulsa Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984, the College Football Hall of Fame in 1992, and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1995.
Twilley was one of the members of the Hurricane’s 1964 Bluebonnet Bowl team who was honored last October when TU rallied to beat UTSA, 46-45.
Two-time Super Bowl champion Howard Twilley, a member of the Miami Dolphins' undefeated 1972 team, has died at 81. The ...
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