2024年2月17日 · Thomas suffered a nasty car crash on Jan. 23, 2000, when his SUV skidded off the interstate during a snowstorm. He and one of the passengers in the vehicle were not wearing seatbelts and were...

After the Chiefs' 1999 season, Thomas was rendered paraplegic by a car crash and died two weeks later from a pulmonary embolism. He was posthumously inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014.

2023年2月3日 · On November 11, 1990, Thomas stormed behind the line of scrimmage to knock down Seattle Seahawks quarterback Dave Krieg in an unparalleled feat (via USA Today) — and his single-game sack record of seven still stands as of this writing.

2020年4月12日 · Former Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro linebacker Derrick Thomas had his life tragically cut short in a car accident 20 years ago.

2023年2月28日 · On roads made slippery by a sudden snow storm and accompanying white-out, nine-time pro bowler and team icon Derrick Thomas was involved in an automobile accident that left one man dead and Thomas partially paralyzed.

2000年2月9日 · MIAMI - Derrick Thomas, one of the most feared defenders in the NFL and a nine-time Pro Bowl player, died Tuesday less than a month after being paralyzed in a car crash on an icy road. He was 33. Thomas was being transferred from his hospital bed to a wheelchair on his way to therapy when he uttered something to his mother and his eyes rolled ...

2000年2月9日 · Derrick Thomas, the Kansas City Chiefs' Pro Bowl linebacker known for his ferocious play on the field and his charity work off it, died unexpectedly yesterday morning in a Miami hospital, 16...

2000年1月31日 · A sheriff in Kansas City, Mo., has urged a prosecutor to consider charging Derrick Thomas in a highway wreck that killed a passenger and left the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker paralyzed from...

2000年1月24日 · KANSAS CITY, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Derrick Thomas, one of the NFL's most dominant defensive players, is facing the possibility of never playing football again after he was seriously injured Sunday...

2000年2月8日 · Derrick Thomas, one of the most feared defenders in the NFL and a nine-time Pro Bowl player, died Tuesday less than a month after being paralyzed in a car crash on an icy road. He was 33.