While he collected plenty of honors in his 12-year NFL stint, Ware missed out on one key accolade: winning a Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys. The Pro Football Hall of Famer recently admitted he was “very disappointed” he didn’t win a championship as a Cowboy.

Rafferty put together a 14-year career that saw him play in 203 games, including two Super Bowls. He was also an iron man who made 167 consecutive appearances, which was a team record at the time.MORE: Cowboys 'secret weapon' Joe Milton predicted to make noise during minicampRafferty's unmatched toughness was summed up beautifully by David Moore of Dallas Morning News,

Tom Rafferty, an anchor of the Dallas Cowboys ' offensive line during the late 1970s and 1980s and a member of the franchise's Super Bowl XII-winning team, died Thursday after suffering a stroke. Rafferty, who had been hosptalized since early May according to his daughter, was 70.