RIP Champ Dickerson

[Floatyworm]

Took a while...but yeah...I remember him. That's a bummer. I always thought he was gonna be a better player for us...then before you know it...he was gone.

 

[Manster_Mash]

RIP.

I remember the game. Danny White came in for the second half to replace the injured/ ineffective Hogeboom. It was a Special Sunday Night Game.

I had forgotten that it was Sunday night. Didnt realize we had any of those back then.

 

[Manster_Mash]

Yeah, AD was an SMU kid, sort of a smallish (but fast) OLB on Stautner’s defense.

That sack on Ken Stabler vs the Saints in ‘83 was the game saver for Dallas in Irving that afternoon. Neither offense was doing much that day.

I remember Morten Andersen clearing a 45-yard FG by quite a bit - looked as if he could have hit from 70 that day. And then the Dickerson blitz, dropping Snake in the end zone to win it.

RIP #51

Oct. 21, 1984
Sunday Night Game

 

[scottsp]

Oct. 21, 1984
Sunday Night Game

No, that’s incorrect. The game you’re referring to was a year after the one in which Dickerson sacked Snake for a game-winning safety.

The one you’re thinking of was indeed SNF at TS, but it was that huge 4Q comeback we won in OT on a Septien FG. I also believe Jim Jeffcoat had a fumble or interception return for TD late in the game. And I think that was also Earl Campbell’s last game here.

Someone might want to check me on the last two points regarding Jeffcoat and Campbell, but the AD game was definitely a noon kick a year earlier.

Still, all great memories!

 

[scottsp]

A couple of other AD factoids I was not aware of or had long forgotten. I remember he played for Ron Meyer at SMU, but i didn’t know he actually began his professional career in Canada.

He was released twice in the CFL before Dallas signed him.

Dickerson also registered 32 tackles vs Ohio State in a regular season game at the Cotton Bowl. The Ponies got drilled that day, though.

I believe he sort of found his niche in 1983. He was really good for Dallas as they got off to that 7-0 start. He was a demon on special teams and good in coverage. The guy had a 100-tackle 10-sack season.

It went downhill for him the next year when he got hurt and found himself being squeezed after the club drafted Billy Cannon Jr. That draft pick is another story altogether, but I won’t do that now.

 

[risco]

RIP-

 

[Rayman70]

he wasn't smallish. He was 6' 4"

 

[Manster_Mash]

he wasn't smallish. He was 6' 4"

He was listed at 215lbs. That's pretty light, even for that time.

 

[Manster_Mash]

No, that’s incorrect. The game you’re referring to was a year after the one in which Dickerson sacked Snake for a game-winning safety.

The one you’re thinking of was indeed SNF at TS, but it was that huge 4Q comeback we won in OT on a Septien FG. I also believe Jim Jeffcoat had a fumble or interception return for TD late in the game. And I think that was also Earl Campbell’s last game here.

Someone might want to check me on the last two points regarding Jeffcoat and Campbell, but the AD game was definitely a noon kick a year earlier.

Still, all great memories!

Yep, you're correct. Memory became polluted over the decades. Thanks for correcting that.

Jeffcoat tied the game late with a fumble recovery in the endzone off a Manster sack of Stabler.

 

[Manster68]

#51. Remember him well. He recorded the winning safety against the saints on a Monday night in 1984. Dramatic comeback.

Very fast LB.

Very sad news.

It is a little more than that my friend. That is still the only time in NFL history that a team losing by a point, won by a point on a safety.
RIP Anthony Dickerson.

 

[lurkercowboy]

#51. Remember him well. He recorded the winning safety against the saints on a Monday night in 1984. Dramatic comeback.

Very fast LB.

Very sad news.

That was 1983 and a Sunday game but yes it was a great and strange game. I loved that era of Cowboy football. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198309250dal.htm
RIP #51

 

[America's Cowboy]

RIP Anthony Dickerson.

 

[Rayman70]

He was listed at 215lbs. That's pretty light, even for that time.

yep..Alvin Walton and Ronnie Lott were safeties and I think may have weighed more than him. I knew Walton...kid was a beast for Banning High school. Big bruiser safety. Dickerson was that at LB for Dallas. Bad part is he was on some mediocre teams. Was did he pass away from?

 

[cowboyec]

Yep, you're correct. Memory became polluted over the decades. Thanks for correcting that.

Jeffcoat tied the game late with a fumble recovery in the endzone off a Manster sack of Stabler.

boy...Jeffcoat had a knack for that.
twice in his career he and too tall teamed up for tip-pick 6 vs the giants.
man I miss those days...I have a real fondness for those guys from 84-88.

 

[Crazed Liotta Eyes]

Strange that I don't remember this guy. I was really into the team then too. How long was he with the boys?

 

[tyke1doe]

What happened?

 

[fgoodwin]

What happened?

I read on FB said he fell and hit his head. Again, this is an unconfirmed report.

 

[fgoodwin]

Strange that I don't remember this guy. I was really into the team then too. How long was he with the boys?

LB: 1980-84

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

Yep, you're correct. Memory became polluted over the decades.

You know what they say, if you can remember the '80's, you weren't there.

 

[tyke1doe]

I read on FB said he fell and hit his head. Again, this is an unconfirmed report.

Thanks.