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The Kansas City Chiefs have announced that they’ll retire No. 18 on October 19, prior to the team’s home game against the Titans. It was the jersey number worn by long-time cornerback Emmitt Thomas.
Thomas will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August. He spent 13 seasons with the Chiefs, from 1966 through 1978, leading the league in interceptions twice.
He entered the AFL as an undrafted free agent. He has spent 27 years as a coach in the NFL ranks, and he currently is the assistant head coach/secondary of the Falcons.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Pretty big honor to have your number retired.
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June 30th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Suck he doesn’t have D Hall in his secondary anymore.
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June 30th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Somewhere a former Dallas running back is saying, “This is just debacled… I never played for the Chiefs, and they even spelled my last name wrong.”
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June 30th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Thats because the Raiders have D Hall in there secondary.
Enjoy shitsville kc!
Your not alone, you have denver to keep you company.
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June 30th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
this is long overdue for Emmitt Thomas. I thought teams usually recognized their players prior to the Hall of Fame recognition. this is like, “oh he’s a hall of famer? we should retire his number!”
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June 30th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
BBrophy’s absolutely correct. To wait 30 years, while for 27 of those years Thomas has been coaching in the NFL, before retiring the number looks really cheesy, like an embarrassed afterthought. And even then they’re gonna do it in October, months after his HOF induction . . .
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