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Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula, center, is carried off the field after his team won the NFL football Super Bowl game over the Washington Redskins in Los Angeles, Jan. 14, 1973. It's quite likely no other Miami team will ever live up to that perfect '72 Dolphins team. That team has almost taken a larger-than-life meaning in the hearts and minds of sports fans. What that team did 50 years ago was difficult enough, but in today's NFL it's a nearly unattainable feat. (AP Photo/File)

50 years later, ‘72 Dolphins remain unmatched in perfection

By Alanis Thames - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 1993, file photo, Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula is carried on his team's shoulders after his 325th victory, against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. Football lost a big piece of its heart: Don Shula, Gale Sayers, Paul Hornung, Bobby Mitchell. (AP Photo/ George Widman, File)

From Kobe to Maradona, a year of staggering losses in sports

By FRED LIEF - Associated Press

Jake Scott, former Miami safety, Super Bowl MVP, dies at 75

By STEVEN WINE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2009, file photo, former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula waves to the crowd during a half time ceremony of an NFL football game between the Miami Dolphins and the New Orleans Saints in Miami. Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday, May 4, 2020, at his South Florida home, the team said. He was 90. (AP Photo/Jeffrey M. Boan)

Will Belichick overtake Shula for most NFL coaching wins?

By STEVEN WINE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 1973, file photo, Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula is carried off the field after his team won the NFL football Super Bowl game 14-7 against the Washington Redskins in Los Angeles. Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday, May 4, 2020, at his home in Indian Creek, Fla., the team said. He was 90. (AP Photo/File)

Don Shula, Baltimore Colts what might have been

By Thom Loverro

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2019, file photo, former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula looks at a large cake celebrating the 1972 undefeated season and his birthday during half time at an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Miami Gardens, Fla. Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday, May 4, 2020, at his South Florida home, the team said. He was 90. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Shula, winningest coach in pro football history, dies at 90

By STEVEN WINE - Associated Press

Former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula is greeted on the field by former players during half time at an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, in Miami Gardens, Fla. The 1972 undefeated team was celebrated on the field. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Don Shula, Hall of Fame coach, dies at age 90

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 25, 2009, file photo, former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula waves to the crowd during a half time ceremony of an NFL football game between the Miami Dolphins and the New Orleans Saints in Miami. Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday, May 4, 2020, at his South Florida home, the team said. He was 90. (AP Photo/Jeffrey M. Boan) ** FILE **

Don Shula’s 10 top moments in his coaching career ranked

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2009, file photo, former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula waves to the crowd during a half time ceremony of an NFL football game between the Miami Dolphins and the New Orleans Saints in Miami. Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday, May 4, 2020, at his South Florida home, the team said. He was 90. (AP Photo/Jeffrey M. Boan)

Column: Shula should be remembered for more than wins

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2007, file photo, Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Don Shula laughs during an interview at his home in Indian Creek, Fla. Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday, May 4, 2020, at his home in Indian Creek, Fla., the team said. He was 90. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Shula remembered by peers for “playing within the rules”

By STEVEN WINE - Associated Press

Former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula is greeted on the field by former players during half time at an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, in Miami Gardens, Fla. The 1972 undefeated team was celebrated on the field. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Don Shula at 90: His wife says he has a ‘beautiful life’

By STEVEN WINE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 19, 2003, Miami Herald sports writer Edwin Pope is seen. Pope, an award-winning sports columnist who covered the first 47 Super Bowls and spent more than 50 years with the Miami Herald, has died at age 88. Pope, who had battled cancer, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Okeechobee, Fla., where he lived in retirement. (Al Diaz/ Miami Herald via AP)

Longtime Miami Herald sports columnist Edwin Pope dies at 88

By STEVEN WINE - Associated Press

File-This July 26, 2013, file photo shows Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Mike Shula spinning a football on his finger during practice at NFL football training camp in Spartanburg, S.C. Hall of Fame coach Don Shula is rooting for his son Mike and the Panthers to join his 1972 Miami Dolphins as the only undefeated Super Bowl champion. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Don Shula rooting for his son Mike, Panthers to go 19-0

By STEVE REED - Associated Press

Former Dolphins QB Morrall remembered at memorial

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Miami Dolphins quarterback Earl Morrall shown in 1972. (AP Photo)

Earl Morrall dies at 79; QB keyed Dolphins’ perfect season

By Steven Wine - Associated Press

FILE - This is a 1972 file photo showing Miami Dolphins quarterback Earl Morrall. Morrall, an NFL quarterback for 21 years who started nine games during the Miami Dolphins' perfect season in 1972, has died at age 79. The Dolphins confirmed Morrall's death Friday, April 25, 2014. (AP Photo/File)

Former NFL quarterback Earl Morrall dies at 79

By STEVEN WINE - Associated Press

Perfect-season Dolphins invited to White House

By STEVEN WINE - Associated Press

Mandich to join Dolphins honor roll

By STEVEN WINE - Associated Press