Which American football linebacker, who was honorably inducted into the The Chiefs hall of fame following his death from severe injuries sustained in a car accident in 2000?
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2009 Kansas City Chiefs season The 2009 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 50th season, and first with head coach Todd Haley at the helm. It was also the first season with Scott Pioli as the team's general manager. The Chiefs attempted to improve on their 2–14 record from 2008 with the third overall selection in the 2009 NFL Draft. In 2009, the Chiefs also honored the induction of Derrick Thomas, the team's former linebacker from 1989 to 1999, into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Thomas' jersey number 58 was officially retired by the franchise after having been unissued since Thomas' death in 2000.
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Derrick Thomas Derrick Vincent Thomas (January 1, 1967February 8, 2000), nicknamed D.T., was an American football linebacker and defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire 11-year career for the Chiefs after being drafted fourth overall in the 1989 NFL Draft. Thomas, a member of the class of 2009 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 legs and traveled to his lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism. His paralysis was the result of severe injuries sustained in a car accident weeks earlier. Thomas was inducted posthumously into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009
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2000 Cleveland Browns season The 2000 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 48th season with the National Football League and 52nd overall. It was the 2nd season of the "new Browns" which returned to the NFL in 1999
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Weston Dacus Robert Weston Dacus [DAY-cus] (born September 19, 1985) is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Arkansas.
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Tom Mack Thomas Lee Mack (born November 1, 1943) is a former American football player. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Lucius Sanford Lucius M. Sanford (born February 13, 1956 in Milledgeville, Georgia) is a former American football linebacker who played ten seasons in the National Football League with the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns. He played collegiately for the Georgia Tech football team. While at GeorgiaTech, Sanford was a member of the ANAK Society, one of the highest recognitions a senior can achieve. Was a six-year winner and two-year runner up of the Milledgeville mean-mug award. In 2001, he was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
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Derrick Ransom Derrick Wayne Ransom, Jr. (born September 13, 1976) is a former professional American football player who played defensive tackle for seven seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs, the Arizona Cardinals, and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Eric Warfield Eric Andrew Warfield (born March 3, 1976) is a former professional football cornerback. He was drafted by the Chiefs in the seventh round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football at Nebraska. Warfield also spent a portion of the 2006 offseason with the New England Patriots.
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2001 Kansas City Chiefs season The Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 32nd season in the National Football League, the 42nd overall and the first under head coach Dick Vermeil, and failing to qualify for the playoffs and to improve upon their 7-9 record from 2000, with a 6–10 record, which netted them a fourth place finish in the AFC West.
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Robert Brazile Robert Lorenzo Brazile Jr. (born February 7, 1953) is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). Nicknamed "Dr. Doom", Brazile played from 1975 to 1984 for the Houston Oilers.
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Tim Cofield Tim Cofield (born May 18, 1963) is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for four seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, and New York Jets. He later played six seasons in the Canadian Football League as a defensive end for four different teams.
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Teddy Lehman Teddy Lehman (born November 18, 1981) is an American former college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for the University of Oklahoma, and was twice recognized as a consensus All-American. The Detroit Lions chose him in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft, and he also played for the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL, and the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League (UFL).
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Lamont Green Lamont Green (born July 10, 1976) is a former American football linebacker. He briefly played for the Atlanta Falcons, and was later assigned to the NFL Europe's Berlin Thunder before retiring due to injuries. Green was an All-Conference linebacker at Florida State University from 1994 to 1998, but never lived up to the expectations stemming from his exceptional high school career. Considered an "underachiever" in college, Green was not selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.
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Mike Maslowski Michael John Maslowski (born July 11, 1974) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Kansas City Chiefs. He attended the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse.
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Ken Hutcherson Kenneth Lee Hutcherson (July 14, 1952 – December 18, 2013) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League and senior pastor at Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Washington, where he had been since 1985. His nickname from his NFL days was "The Hutch". Hutcherson died on December 18, 2013, after more than a decade-long battle with prostate and bone cancer. Ken Hutcherson is survived by his mother, wife, and four children.
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2005 Kansas City Chiefs season The Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 36th season in the National Football League, the 46th overall and the fourth and final season under head coacah Dick Vermeil.
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Troy Dumas Troy T. Dumas (born September 30, 1972) is a former American football linebacker and former assistant coach. He played college football at Nebraska. He was drafted in the third round (97th overall) by the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Tracy Rogers Tracy Darin Rogers (born August 13, 1967 in Taft, California) is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for seven seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Jack Ham Jack Raphael Ham Jr. (born December 23, 1948) is a former American football outside linebacker who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1971 to 1982. He is considered one of the greatest outside linebackers in the history of the NFL. Ham was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1988 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1990.
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Rusty Rebowe Rusty Rebowe (born January 17, 1956) is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints.
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Brandon Moore (linebacker) Brandon T. Moore (born January 16, 1979) is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent following the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oklahoma.
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James Williams (linebacker) James Edward Williams (born October 10, 1968) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played for the New Orleans Saints (1990–1994), the Jacksonville Jaguars (1995–1996), the San Francisco 49ers (1997–1998), and the Cleveland Browns (1999). He played college football at Mississippi State University and was a sixth round draft choice in the 1990 NFL Draft. He was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 1995 NFL Expansion Draft.