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50 Years of Finspiration: A Revolutionary Backfield

The Miami Dolphins in 2016 will celebrate 50 years (not seasons--that was last year) as a franchise. To commemorate this milestone, we'll take a look at the squads and player groups that first established the Dolphins as a force to be reckoned with in the early 1970s, made the team a perfect Super Bowl champion in 1972, took the NFL passing game to a mind-blowing new level in the 1980s, and led the team through the 1990s and into the 21st century. Let's begin this "50 Years of Finspiration" series with the players and coach who took the still-infant Miami Dolphins from expansion joke to aqua-and-orange-clad battering ram.