COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. -- Woodrow Lowe, a three-time All-America linebacker at Alabama and an 11-year starter for the NFL's San Diego Chargers , has died. He was 71.

Lowe died at his home in Collierville, Tennessee, on Thursday, according to the National Football Foundation.

Lowe was a 2009 NFF Hall of Fame inductee. He starred at Alabama (1972-75) and was the second player in program history to make the first-team All-America list three times. He helped the Crimson Tide make the Sugar Bowl in 1973, losing to eventual national champion Notre Dame, and was a consensus All-America selection the following year.

"Woodrow Lowe was one of the finest linebackers ever to play the game, and we are deeply saddened to learn of his passing," NFF Chairman Archie Manning said. "A three-time All-Amer

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