Mike Battle, an All-American defensive back and a member of USC’s 1967 national championship team who later played two seasons for the New York Jets, has died. He was 78. He died of natural causes on March 6 in Nellysford,

Bill Demory, whose claim to Jets quarterback fame was that as Joe Namath's and Al Woodall's backup in 1973, he posted the only win of his pro career in his first start for the Green & White, died recently in his home state of Arizona at 73.

Mike Battle, an All-American defensive back and a member of USC's 1967 national championship team who later played two seasons for the New York Jets, died last week. He was 78.

Mike Battle, an All-American defensive back at USC and a former member of the Jets died last week, the university announced Tuesday. Battle died in Nellysford, Virginia, on March 6 of natural causes.