{"id":722920,"date":"2026-02-02T03:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T03:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/722920\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T03:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T03:34:35","slug":"dallas-cowboys-super-bowl-star-scott-laidlaw-passes-away-at-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/722920\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl Star Scott Laidlaw Passes Away at 72"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former Dallas Cowboys<\/a> Super Bowl-winning running back has passed away. He was 72 years old.<\/p>\n

Scott Laidlaw, a former Dallas Cowboys fullback in the 1970s, passed away. He was teammates with the great Roger Staubach. Laidlaw was part of Dallas’ famed 1975 \u201cDirty Dozen\u201d rookie class.<\/p>\n

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He was part of the team that won Super Bowl<\/a> XII.<\/p>\n

ABC 8 in Dallas confirmed the tragic news.<\/p>\n

“Scott Laidlaw, a former Dallas Cowboys fullback in the 1970s, has died. He was 72. Laidlaw\u2019s family confirmed his death to WFAA,” they reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Nearly a month before his death, Laidlaw was honored alongside his fellow “Dirty Dozen” teammates during a Cowboys home game in December, a recognition of their role in helping shape the franchise into America’s Team.”<\/p>\n

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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – SEPTEMBER 29: A Dallas Cowboys helmet is pictured during a game against the New Orleans Saints at the Mercedes Benz Superdome on September 29, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

NFL<\/a> fans are paying tribute to the iconic running back.<\/p>\n

“RIP Scott Laidlaw \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udfc8\u2b50 Sad news to report: Scott Laidlaw passed away on Thursday, his family informs me. A member of the Cowboys 1975 Dirty Dozen rookie class, Laidlaw played FB\/RB for Dallas from ’75-’79 including Super Bowl XII & XIII. Prayers to his loved ones. He was 72,” one NFL fan wrote.<\/p>\n

Our thoughts are with his friends and family members during this difficult time.<\/p>\n

May he rest in peace.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on Feb 1, 2026, where it first appeared in the NFL<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl-winning running back has passed away. He was 72 years old. Scott Laidlaw,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[230,229,257,2461,104364,7,55,6,6505,104363,505,43129],"class_list":["post-722920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-cowboys","tag-cowboys","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dallascowboys","tag-dirty-dozen","tag-football","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl","tag-rookie-class","tag-scott-laidlaw","tag-super-bowl","tag-super-bowl-xii"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115998941817990238","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}