
Calvin Hill was so big and had so much talent that he spent his first
two weeks in camp as a rookie in '69 working at three positions - tight
end, linebacker and running back. But when he returned from playing in
the College All-Star Game at Chicago, Tom Landry decided to leave him at
running back and let him go. Calvin went, all right. That first year he
was a bigger story than O.J. Simpson, the NFL's No. 1 draft choice at Buffalo.
But a foot injury slowed him later in the season. Calvin didn't quite gain
1,000 yards and we fell short of the Super Bowl, but both of those goals
were accomplished later. When Calvin left Dallas after six seasons, he
reanked second only to Don Perkins in career yardage.
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