{"id":1513152,"date":"2022-06-13T08:19:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T12:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1513152"},"modified":"2022-06-13T08:20:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T12:20:40","slug":"six-time-cowboys-pro-bowler-don-perkins-dead-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-time-cowboys-pro-bowler-don-perkins-dead-at-84\/","title":{"rendered":"Six-Time Cowboys\u2019 Pro Bowler Don Perkins Dead at 84"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsix-time-cowboys-pro-bowler-don-perkins-dead-at-84%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1513152&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) \u2014 Don Perkins, a six-time Pro Bowl running back with the Dallas Cowboys in the 1960s, has died. He was 84.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL team and the University of New Mexico, where Perkins was a standout player before his professional career, said Perkins died Thursday. No cause of death was revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Perkins rushed for 6,217 yards in 107 games with the Cowboys from 1961-68, and is fourth on the team\u2019s career list behind two Pro Football Hall of Famers \u2014 NFL career rusher leader Emmitt Smith and Tony Dorsett \u2014 and their current running back, Ezekiel Elliott. Perkins\u2019 42 rushing touchdowns rank fifth in team history.<\/p>\n<p>While he was initially drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the ninth round of the 1960 draft, Perkins had already signed a personal services with the expansion Cowboys. Dallas got his rights after sending the Colts a ninth-round draft pick.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Don-Perkens.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Cowbpoys running back Don Perkens (43) is taken down by Colts\u2019 Billy Ray Smith (74) and Ordell Braase (81) during a game in Baltimore in 1967.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22161817895455-e1655004529642.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AP22161817895455-e1655004529642.jpg\" alt=\"Don Perkins, a six-time Pro Bowl running back with the Cowboys in the 1960s, died at 84.\" class=\"wp-image-22625974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22161817895455-e1655004529642.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1366 1366w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22161817895455-e1655004529642.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22161817895455-e1655004529642.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22161817895455-e1655004529642.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=341 341w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Don Perkins, a six-time Pro Bowl running back with the Cowboys in the 1960s, died at 84.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Sharon Ellman, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perkins missed the Cowboys\u2019 inaugural season in 1960 because of a broken foot. He rushed for 815 yards in 1961, and finished third in the voting for NFL rookie of the year behind Mike Ditka and Fran Tarkenton. He had a career-best 945 yards rushing in 1962.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Waterloo, Iowa, Perkins played for New Mexico from 1957-59. He was a team captain his final two seasons when the Lobos coach was Marv Levy. Perkins returned to the Albuquerque area after his pro football career was over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon is one of the greatest Lobos, and certainly one of the greatest football players to play for UNM. He was a tremendous student-athlete, and he had a terrific career in the NFL, but he was more than that,\u201d New Mexico athletic director Eddie Nu\u00f1ez said. \u201cHe came back to New Mexico and worked for the state and was a tremendous ambassador for so many.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) \u2014 Don Perkins, a six-time Pro Bowl running back with the Dallas Cowboys in the 1960s, has died. He was 84. 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