WINDSOR, Colo. -- Former Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl champion offensive lineman Tom Rafferty has died, the team announced Friday. He was 70. Rafferty died Thursday in Windsor, Colorado, following a stroke, his daughter Rachel Powers confirmed to The Dallas Morning News. He had been hospitalized since early May.

Tom Rafferty, the longtime starting center for the Dallas Cowboys and a Super Bowl champion, died on Thursday at the age of 70 following a stroke in Windsor, Colorado, the team announced.

Tom Rafferty was an institution with the Cowboys as he played with quarterback Roger Staubach and he played with quarterback Troy Aikman.