Derrick Thomas
Linebacker, American football player
1967 – 2000
Who was Derrick Thomas?
Derrick Vincent Thomas, nicknamed D.T., was an American football linebacker and defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He played his entire 11-year career for the Chiefs after being drafted fourth overall in the 1989 NFL Draft. Thomas, part of the class of 2009 entering the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was a premier football player throughout the 1990s and is considered one of the best pass rushers of all time. In 1990 against the Seattle Seahawks, he set an NFL record with seven sacks in a single game. On February 8, 2000, Thomas died from a massive blood clot that developed in his paralyzed lower extremities and traveled to his lungs. His paralysis was the result of severe injuries sustained in a car accident weeks earlier.
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- Born
- Jan 1, 1967
Miami - Also known as
- Derrick Vincent Thomas
- D.T.
- Parents
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Alabama
- South Miami High School
- Lived in
- Florida
- Miami
- Died
- Feb 8, 2000
Miami
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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