- Former NFL tight end won NFL championship with 49ers
- 70-year-old was a qualified pilot and keen aviator
Super Bowl champion Russ Francis has died at the age of 70 in a plane crash, his family has confirmed.
Francis was flying with Richard McSpadden, a former commander of the US Air Force Thunderbirds, on Sunday when their plane experienced an emergency shortly after takeoff from Lake Placid Airport. They were unable to make the runway while attempting to land and were both killed.
