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Former Raiders LB Jack Squirek dies at 64

Former NFL linebacker Jack Squirek, who won a Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Raiders in 1984, has died, the team announced. He was 64.

Squirek was instrumental to Los Angeles' victory in Super Bowl XVIII, picking off Washington quarterback Joe Theismann and scampering to the end zone for a 12-yard pick-6 that gave the Raiders a 21-3 lead. Los Angeles wound up winning 38-9.

"The Raiders Family is mourning the loss of Jack Squirek, who passed away on Friday," the Raiders said in a statement on Saturday. "Squirek played four years for the Raiders and was a central figure in one of pro football's all-time great plays.