Former Giants running back Dan Doornink dead at 70

Former New York Giants and Seattle Seahawks running back Dan Doornink has died aged 70, the Seahawks announced. He spent seven seasons in Seattle, where he became a key player and helped the team reach the playoffs for the first time.

Selected by the Giants in the seventh round of the 1978 draft, Doornink rushed for 306 yards as a rookie before being traded to Seattle in 1979. He ran for 1,530 yards and 14 touchdowns with the Seahawks from 1979 to 1985, including 126 yards in a 1984 playoff win over the Raiders; his career totals were 1,836 yards and 15 rushing touchdowns. After football, he worked as an internal medicine doctor in the Yakima Valley and lived with two rare autoimmune diseases.