DANA POINT, Calif. — Dave Dalby, a center who helped the Oakland Raiders win three Super Bowl titles, was killed when the van he was driving hit a tree Friday. He was 51.
Dalby was pronounced dead at San Clemente Hospital, where he was taken after the crash, said Lt. Phil Johnson of the Orange County sheriff's office.
Witnesses told police that Dalby's Chevy Astro van had been parked in a lot at Capistrano Beach for some time.
"The driver suddenly accelerated, which took him across the parking lot, eventually running into a tree at the end of the lot," Johnson said.
An autopsy was scheduled for Saturday.
Dalby played for the Raiders in Los Angeles and Oakland from 1972-85, during which they won NFL titles in 1977, '81 and '84.
He was nominated to the NFL Hall of Fame last year, but wasn't elected.
Dalby was a fourth-round draft pick of the Raiders out of UCLA, where he was the Bruins' most valuable player in 1971.
According to the Raiders' web site, Dalby had his own business and lived in Dana Point. His survivors include a son and a daughter.