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Title
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Derrick Thomas
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Description
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Newspaper articles about Derrick Thomas.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Man in Motion
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Description
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Biographical article about Derrick Thomas (1967-2000), a "Pro Bowl linebacker" for the Kansas City Chiefs football team since 1989 and a leader of local children's charities. Native of Miami residing in Independence, Missouri until his death in a car accident in 2000.
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Date
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1991-08-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Derrick Thomas, 1967-2000: 'A Light Has Gone Out'
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Description
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Obituary for prominent Kansas City Chiefs football player Derrick Thomas, following his death at age 33 at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami from complications resulting from an earliler automobile accident in Kansas City.
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Date
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2000-02-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Lucile Bluford and Derrick Thomas
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Description
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Interior view with Lucile Bluford and Kansas City Chief player Derrick Thomas. Probably taken at a library sponsored event.
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Date
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1990~/1999~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Chiefs Great's Induction Ends Wait
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Description
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Article reports on the induction of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Thomas into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Former Chiefs president Carl Peterson spoke in place of Thomas at the August 8 induction ceremony. Thomas died in February 2000 car accident. He was a nine-time Pro Bowler and a member of the NFL All-Decade Team of the 1990s.
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Date
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2009-08-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Derrick Thomas
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Description
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Highlights of the sports career of Derrick Thomas (1967-2000), a star player for the Kansas City Chiefs football team dying soon after a car accident.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Book Section
