Duane Thomas
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Duane Julius Thomas (born June 21, 1947) is a retired American football quarterback with the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins in the National Football League.
At West Texas State University, he played college football.
Early years
Thomas, a born and raised in Dallas, Texas, was an outstanding running back at its Lincoln High School in the mid-1960s. He continued his success at West Texas State University in Canyon, playing fullback alongside Mercury Morris, while running through tackles for Joe Kerbel's teams. He led the country in 7.2 yards per carry during his sophomore season after a freshman year with just 10 carries for 42 yards. He started his senior year with 199 passes for 1,072 yards and 10 touchdowns after he had 93 passes for 708 yards in his junior year. He finished his college career with 396 passes for 2,376 yards (his second all-time to Bill Cross, currently 8th).
He participated in the Coaches All-America Game in 1970.
Professional career
In the first round (23rd overall) of the 1970 NFL draft, Thomas was selected by the Dallas Cowboys. Despite the fact that he didn't start the team until the season's fifth game, he led the team in rushing, finishing eighth in the newly formed National Football Conference with 833 yards (second in the NFL behind NFL rushing champion Larry Brown of the rival Washington Redskins) on 151 yards (a league-leading 5.3 yards per carry) and 5 touchdowns. He was named the NFL rookie of the year at the end of the season, having already been compared to Jim Brown. Thomas rushed for 135 and 143 yards in playoff victories over Detroit and San Francisco, becoming the first rookie with two 100-yard rushing playoff games.
Thomas wanted his three-year deal rewritten during the offseason. When the Cowboys refused to renegotiate, he named team president Tex Schramm "deceitful," player personnel director Gil Brandt "a liar" and head coach Tom Landry "a plastic fool." Thomas was traded from the New England Patriots with Halvor Hagen and Honor Jackson on July 31, 1971, in exchange for Carl Garrett and the Patriots' first pick in the 1972 NFL Draft, following his refusal to report to training camp. In an unprecedented move by NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, problems with the Patriots and head coach John Mazur were causing a week of uncertainty, sending Thomas and Garrett back to their original teams within a week. In the 1972 NFL draft, the Patriots kept Hagen and Jackson in exchange for a second (#35-Robert Newhouse) and third round (possibly 1972 #64-Mike Keller). Thomas returned to the Cowboys but stayed anonymous all season long, refusing to speak to colleagues, leadership, or the media.
Thomas scored the first touchdown in the new Texas Stadium against the Patriots in October 1971. Thomas led the league in rushing touchdowns (11) and total touchdowns (13). In Dallas' 24–3 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI, the franchise's first, he was also named All-Pro and led the Cowboys with 95 passing yards and a touchdown. "If it's the greatest (game), how come they're playing it again next year?" he said when asked about participating in the "absolute game" before the competition. "Is Thomas so fast?" CBS television announcer Tom Brookshier questioned during a postgame interview after the Super Bowl, CBS television announcer Tom Brookshier said in a postgame interview. "Evidently," Thomas replied. "All he did was take the ball and run every time they called his number," Hunter S. Thompson said, "and in the Super Bowl Thomas was the complete show."
Thomas was apparently chosen as the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player by a wide margin. Thomas, on the other hand, had boycotted the media throughout the season, and Larry Klein, the award's editor, didn't know how Thomas would behave at a banquet in New York. With this in mind, Klein named quarterback Roger Staubach as the winner.
He became more isolated and insubordinate during the 1972 offseason, so he was traded to the San Diego Chargers for Mike Montgomery and Billy Parks on July 31, 1972.
Thomas began his career with the Chargers by receiving a 20-day suspension for failing to update the team, and the situation escalated from there. He never played for the Chargers because the club placed him on the reserve list, effectively ending him from playing for the remainder of the 1972 season.
Thomas was traded by the Chargers to defending NFC champion Washington in exchange for the Redskins' first draft pick (#22-Mike Williams) in 1975 and their second draft pick (#46-David Hill) in 1976.
Thomas played for the Washington Redskins in 1973 and 1974, rushing for a total of 442 yards under head coach George Allen. He did not register to the training camp in 1975, and was not eligible for a significant pay increase, according to reports, and was suspended on August 13.
Thomas was signed by the Hawaiians of the World Football League to replace an injured Calvin Hill in August 1975, but the Philadelphia Bell said they had Thomas' negotiation rights after being released by the Washington Redskins. He was with the team for just 112 months and was released in early October, just weeks before the league ceased.
The Dallas Cowboys signed Thomas again on May 1, 1976, but he was suspended before the season began.
Thomas signed with the British Columbia Lions in 1977 and was released on waivers after just a few weeks.
Thomas was signed by the Green Bay Packers in March 1979, but the Green Bay Packers were denied before the season began. With 2,038 passing yards, 453 attempts, and 21 touchdowns, he ended his NFL career. He also caught 38 passes for 297 yards and three touchdowns.