Ex-NFL star and two-time Super Bowl winner Rod Martin dead at 72: Tributes pour in for Raiders legend

Super Bowl hero Rod Martin has died at the age of 72, the Las Vegas Raiders announced on Monday. 

Martin was a standout linebacker on two Super Bowl Championship teams for the then-Oakland Raiders.

The Raiders led the tributes to their former star, saying in a statement that the franchise was ‘deeply saddened’ by his passing. No cause of death is known at this time. 

‘A beloved member of the Raiders Family and a favorite of Raiders fans everywhere, the deepest condolences of the entire Raider Nation are with Rod’s family at this time,’ the statement from the Raiders read. 

More to follow.