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Jake Scott, former Miami safety, Super Bowl MVP, dies at 75

by Steven Wine
| November 20, 2020 12:10 AM

MIAMI (AP) — Jake Scott, the star safety who was the most valuable player in the Super Bowl that completed the Miami Dolphins’ 1972 perfect season before his relationship with coach Don Shula soured, died Thursday in Atlanta. He was 75.

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