SAN DIEGO -- Walt Sweeney, a standout offensive lineman for the San Diego Chargers in the 1960s and 1970s, has died at 71. The Chargers ' website says Sweeney died Sunday of pancreatic cancer.

Sweeney died Saturday, on the eve of the Super Bowl, of pancreatic cancer at his home in San Diego, his family announced. He was 71 and had been diagnosed with the terminal illness just weeks earlier.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Walt Sweeney, a standout offensive lineman for the San Diego Chargers in the 1960s and 1970s, has died at 71. The Chargers website says Sweeney died of pancreatic cancer on Saturday.

SAN DIEGO – Walt Sweeney, a standout offensive lineman for the San Diego Chargers in the 1960s and 1970s, has died at 71. The Chargers website says Sweeney died of pancreatic cancer on Saturday ...

Former Chargers All Pro guard Walt Sweeney passed away over the weekend from pancreatic cancer.. Sweeney, 71, was in the Chargers Hall of Fame and a member of the Ring of Honor. He played 181 ...

SWEENEY, WALTER FRANCIS “WALT” Walter Francis “Walt” Sweeney, 71, of San Diego, CA, formerly of Cohasset, Massachusetts, on died at his home on February 2, 2013, with his ch… ...

Walt Sweeney, an All-Pro guard for the San Diego Chargers in the 1960s and ‘70s who accused the team of handing out drugs to players and fostering his own addiction, died Saturday at his home in ...

Walt Sweeney, a former Chargers guard named to All-Star teams and Pro Bowls for nine consecutive years, died on Saturday of pancreatic cancer. He was 71.The Chargers drafted Sweeney in 1963 with a … ...

Poliquin: Walt Sweeney, the former Syracuse football star, feels 'pretty good' in San Diego. ... File photo of an October 29,1963 photo of Walt Sweeney of the San Diego Chargers.

Walt Sweeney 6'4" 256 Guard San Diego Chargers 1963 - 1975 13 Seasons 181 Games Played 9 Pro Bowls Walter Francis Sweeney was a first round draft pick of the San Diego Chargers in the 1963 ...

SAN DIEGO -- Walt Sweeney, a standout offensive lineman for the San Diego Chargers in the 1960s and 1970s, has died at 71. The Chargers website says Sweeney died of pancreatic cancer on Saturday.