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Russ Francis, who joined the San Francisco 49ers in 1982 and was part of the 1984 team that beat Miam in the Super Bowl, died in a plane crash in Lake Placid, New York
A familiar name from the football field in the 1970s and '80s has died in a plane crash. Russ Francis, 70, was one of two people killed Sunday in the crash of a small plane.
FOXBORO — The New England Patriots on Monday mourned the death of their former All-Pro tight end Russ Francis, a three-time Pro Bowl selection who was killed along with another