Pettis Norman, a tight end on the football field and a civil rights advocate off of it, has died. He was 86.

Pettis Norman, a former NFL player with the Dallas Cowboys and San Diego Chargers and civil rights advocate, has died at the age of 86.

Pettis Norman, a trailblazing 12-year NFL veteran who spent the majority of his career with the Dallas Cowboys, has died at the age of 86. Norman spent nine years with the Cowboys and was on the franchise's first team to reach a Super Bowl -- a Super Bowl V loss to the Baltimore Colts.