Happy Birthday Tony Dorsett!

[Thomas82]

Happy 69th birthday to Tony Dorsett......the most explosive running back in Cowboys history!!

 

[big dog cowboy]

 

[cowboyec]

TONY D

 

[cowboyec]

one of the 100 greatest players in the history of the league...regardless of what some "panel of experts" says.
tony d came.
tony d conquered.
tony d was real.
we saw it.
one of the 100 greatest to ever play.

 

[Cowboys5217]

When I was a teenager I collected every Tony Dorsett card from rookie to retirement. I even tracked down rare stuff like the coin shaped 7-11 Slurpy card and a panel card on the bottom of a box of Topps cards.

Happy B-day to one of my first favorite players, and sorry for being a day late.

 

[plasticman]

Tony, who was 5'11, 190 LBS, played until he was 34 years old, one of only 8 RB's in NFL history to carry the ball 100 or more times at that age.

 

[Cowboys5217]

Had it not been for the 1982 strike shortened season Tony would have rushed for 1000 yards 9 times in a row.

 

[noshame]

Late 70s
Tony , black Russians, Monday night football
My favorite era
Happy birthday TD

 

[bigE79]

I can still remember him playing hs football at alliquippa in Pittsburgh...I love Emmitt,but 33 is still my favorite.

 

[Cowboysheelsreds058]

My man TD and my favorite RB.

 

[Pacowboy1968]

Happy 69th birthday to Tony Dorsett......the most explosive running back in Cowboys history!!

He is the reason I became a Cowboys fan in the first place. First game I ever saw was his first rookie game vs. the Eagles

 

[Praxit]

..the smoothest RB, to ever carry the rock. ..

 

[jazzcat22]

I can still remember him playing hs football at alliquippa in Pittsburgh...I love Emmitt,but 33 is still my favorite.

Emmitt and Tony D my 2 favorites of all time.
Though I lean toward Emmitt more than Tony. Probably because of more media coverage.
Plus I lived in South Florida at the time. And seeing his career from High School, though 12 hours away from where I lived, then as he played college at UF and wanting them to draft him. Had something to do with that.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

THE LEGEND

 

[Streifenkarl]

This dude was from another planet at times!

Happy B day.

 

[KJJ]

Had it not been for the 1982 strike shortened season Tony would have rushed for 1000 yards 9 times in a row.

However, he never led the league in rushing. He came up 28 yards short of George Rogers in 1981. The Cowboys tried getting him the rushing championship in the season finale against the Giants, but he ended up with only 39 yards.

 

[Motorola]

This dude was from another planet at times!

Happy B day.

Dorsett's running was akin to watching a high-performance race car.
When he "shifted into that 5th gear" - the player WAS GONE.

 

[Outlaw Heroes]

I guess it's a good thing the GIF cuts off right before Darrell Green drags him down. (Should have posted the 99 yard run against the Vikings instead.)

 

[DUO_CORE]

Late 70s
Tony , black Russians, Monday night football
My favorite era
Happy birthday TD

Back Russian heh? Gotta try that. I like to kick back a few times a month with a White Russian.

 

[Creeper]

One of the greatest things to watch was Dorsett breaking into the open field. So much fun to watch. Can't believe he is 69 already. Then again I can't believe my age either!