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MIAMI (AP) — Former Miami Dolphins guard Bob Kuechenberg Akeem Spence Jersey , a six-time Pro Bowl selection and member of the only NFL team to achieve a perfect season, died at age 71.His death Saturday was confirmed by the Dolphins, who had no further details.Kuechenberg joined the Dolphins as a free agent in 1970, coach Don Shula’s first season, and played for them until 1983. He started every game for the team that went 17-0 in 1972 http://www.thedolphi...y-mccain-jersey , and started 16 games for the team that repeated as Super Bowl champions in 1973.Kuechenberg was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and a member of the Dolphins’ Honor Roll.“I was sorry to learn of the passing of Bob Kuechenberg, who was not only one of the best players I ever coached but one of the toughest as well,” Shula said in a statement. “He was one of the key performers on our championship teams.”Shula said Kuechenberg played with a broken arm in the 1974 Super Bowl and still dominated Hall of Fame defensive tackle Alan Page as Miami beat Minnesota 24-7. That game was 45 years ago Sunday.Former teammate Jim Langer, a Hall of Fame center, said he stayed in touch with Kuechenberg Womens Vincent Taylor Jersey , spoke with him in the past week and was shocked to learn of his death.“He was the kind of guy you’d want in your foxhole,” Langer said. “He played hard and was very intense about the game, which was typical of our team. He was my roommate for 10 years, and we talked football damn near all the time.”A native of Gary, Indiana Bobby McCain Jersey , Kuechenberg played at Notre Dame before being drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1969 but never played for them. Kuechenberg’s 196 games with the Dolphins was a team record until Dan Marino broke it.Dolphins linebacker Mike Hull injury against Buccaneers The Miami Dolphins have had a fairly healthy training camp to start 2018, but may have sustained an injury that hurts during the team’s preseason game on Thursday night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the second quarter, as the Buccaneers approached the end zone, looking to take a 13-3 lead, Miami linebacker Mike Hull stayed down on the field after a pile at the goal line. The fourth-year pro was holding his left knee and wincing in pain.The trainers came on the field and began doing stability tests to the knee Jakeem Grant Jersey , eventually assisting him in walking off the field before putting him on a cart and taking him to the locker room. The injury occurred when Hull was standing at the front of the pile, then had several players roll into his left knee. As the knee buckled towards his right leg, Hull fell to the ground.The Dolphins have ruled Hull out for the remainder of the game with a knee injury.