BYU football: Former Cougar and Dallas Cowboys star Golden Richards passed away of congenital heart failure in his Murray, Utah, home early Friday morning.

MURRAY, Utah — Golden Richards, ... too,” brother Doug Richards, a former BYU basketball player, told the newspaper. “That obviously took its toll. ...

John "Golden" Richards, the Dallas Cowboys wide receiver who was part of their Super Bowl XII-winning team, died Friday of congestive heart failure at his home in Utah. He was 73 years old.