ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Longtime Lions offensive lineman Bob Kowalkowski died Thursday night at a hospital in suburban Detroit, the team said. He was 65.
Kowalkowski was a starting guard for most of his 11 seasons with the Lions after he was drafted out of Virginia in 1965. He was traded to the Cleveland Browns in 1977 and finished his career after playing four games for coach Bart Starr's Green Bay Packers that year.
Funeral arrangements were pending.
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