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Broncos Legend Craig Morton, Super Bowl Pioneer, Dies at 83

Craig Morton, the Denver Broncos quarterback who piloted the team to its first Super Bowl appearance and earned AFC Offensive Player of the Year in 1977 after a 12-2 season, has died at age 83. A longtime NFL veteran, Morton spent six seasons with Denver (1977–1982), leading them to two division titles and three playoff berths, and finished his Broncos era with a franchise-record 11,895 passing yards. He previously starred for the Cowboys and later played for the Giants before wrapping up his career with 27,908 passing yards and 183 touchdowns in 207 games.

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Craig Morton, Cowboys QB of the Super Bowl era, dies at 83

Craig Morton, an 18-year NFL quarterback who started for the Cowboys in the late 1960s and 70s before stints with the Giants and Broncos, has died at 83. Drafted fifth overall in 1965, Morton became Dallas’ starter in 1969, threw the Cowboys’ first Super Bowl TD in V, was supplanted by Staubach in 1971, and was traded to the Giants in 1974 for a first‑round pick that Dallas used to select Randy White; he finished with 27,908 passing yards in a career that ended in 1982.

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Broncos Remember Ring of Fame QB Craig Morton, 83

Former Denver Broncos quarterback Craig Morton, a Ring of Fame inductee who led Denver to its first playoff appearance and Super Bowl XII, died May 9 at age 83; his standout 1977 season earned AFC Offensive Player of the Year and helped the Broncos finish 12-2, with Morton later leaving the franchise as its passing leader after stints with the Cowboys and Giants.

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