Duane Thomas: The Cowboys' Rising Star

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I met Zeke in person and even though he seems to get along with teammates - these are the exact vibes that I got from him. He’s probably the ‘coldest’ person I’ve ever met in my life, and I’ve sold cars to thousands and thousands of people, I come from a big family, and I once had a lot of friends.
 
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Redball Express said:
For sure.

Talented, mis-understood, not afraid to speak his mind.

Hollywood Henderson was another.
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Could have been 2 of the best Cowboys ever based on talent....though I think Duane did fumble on the 2 yard line in the Super Bowl against the Colts that could have made the difference. Believe it was his rookie year. What coulda been.
 
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Established1971 said:
Right and he often had Jim Brown with him, who I guess was some guru/adviser to him or something. Even in the locker room after SBVI he had Jim Brown in there with him.
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Back then..

Especially to be different made you a target.

Thomas was quiet. Then suddenly said too much. Actually he had traits of bi-polar which was unknown back then.

Symptoms are radical mood swings, depression and tendencies toward suicide are frequent.

Thomas having Jim Brown around helped him anchor.

Those days being different was dangerous. Racial prejudice was out of control.

Kent State changed my generation permanently. So Thomas was subject to all sorts of pressure to conform.

Today we should see him as one of our great players who had real life issues going on, too.
 
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Had HOF talent but seemed to resent authority. He and Hollywood Henderson were two great wastes of talent in the 70s. The Cowboys were great at finding talent back then.
 
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OmerV said:
He was worse than Dez. He actually went a season without talking to teammates. And Dez would celebrate with teammates. Not Duane.
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Are you sure about that? One thing I noticed when watching old highlights was that TO would always go congratulate the guy who scored while Dez never once did.
 
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MaineBoy said:
Could have been 2 of the best Cowboys ever based on talent....though I think Duane did fumble on the 2 yard line in the Super Bowl against the Colts that could have made the difference. Believe it was his rookie year. What coulda been.
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Yeah you can go back on YouTube now and watch the 1970 playoff game vs SF. Craig Morton was QB and Duane was basically the entire offense.
 
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cowboysfan99 said:
Are you sure about that? One thing I noticed when watching old highlights was that TO would always go congratulate the guy who scored while Dez never once did.
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Bob Lilly got along with him based on the NFL network show on the 1971 Cowboys. Duane could not stand Dan Reeves though.
 
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