NY Times · Jun 11, 2022
Don Perkins, Star Dallas Running Back, Is Dead at 84
Don Perkins (43) of the Dallas Cowboys was taken down by the Baltimore Colts’ Billy Ray Smith (74) and Ordell Braase (81) at a game in Baltimore in 1967. Perkins’s 42 rushing touchdowns rank fifth in the team’s history.Credit...Associated PressDon Perkins, a six-time Pro Bowl running back with the Dallas Cowboys in the 1960s, died on Thursday. He was 84.
The Cowboys and the University of New Mexico, where Perkins was a standout player before his professional career, announced the death. Neither announcement said where he died, and neither cited the cause.
