Former Cowboys running back Duane Thomas, part of franchise’s first Super Bowl win, dies at 77
FILE - Dallas Cowboys' Duane Thomas (33) gains yardage and a first down as is brought down by Kansas City Chiefs' Jim Kearney (46) during the second quarter of an NFL football game at Municipal Stadium at Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 25, 1970. (AP Photo/William Straeter, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/William Straeter]
DALLAS (AP) — Duane Thomas, a running back for the Dallas Cowboys when they finally broke through and won a Super Bowl to cap the 1971 season, has died. He was 77. The team says Thomas died Sunday but had no other details. Thomas was with the Cowboys in 1970-71 for a pair of tumultuous seasons plagued by a contract dispute that once led him to call coach Tom Landry “plastic man.” Thomas was born and raised in Dallas before playing college football at West Texas State in the Texas Panhandle. He was a first-round pick by the Cowboys in 1970.
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