Marlin Briscoe, the first Black starting quarterback in professional football history and a key wide receiver on the Dolphins’ 1972 undefeated team, died on Sunday night in a hospital in Norwalk, Cal. He was 76.
The Dolphins were told that heart failure was the cause of death.
His daughter, Angela Marriott, told The Associated Press that Briscoe had been battling pneumonia after being hospitalized with circulation issues in his legs.
