I got his Dallas Cowboy jersey number 33 hanging up on my wall. Been a Tony Dorsett fan ever since he was in college at Pittsburgh. Your comment is 100% facts
EXACTLY!! He should have been ranked higher. I remember they were playing the Cardinals in St. Louis where Terry Metcalf ran a 70 yard touchdown. Just a few plays later, Tony Dorsett ran that 84 yard beauty you saw on the highlight reel! Cowboys won that one BTW!
When I was a kid in Dallas back in the early 80s, it was Tony Dorsett, Tony Dorsett and Tony Dorsett. That's the way it went back then. We all loved him. He was the man!
Make no mistake.. Tony Dorsett in tandem with Roger Starbauch helped to solidify making The Dallas Cowboys.. America’s Team! Man.. TD was sweet to watch! 💯👊🏽
Exactly. That move he put on the Vikings 10 yard line on the 99 yard run was so smooth and effortless looking that it looked like he didn't even do anything. But that was a GREAT move /cut.
Smith not even close in talent to TD. Jerry kept Smith around longer than he should have just so he could "get the record." TD didn't have half the line Smith. If Jimmy Johnson had stayed in Dallas Smith would have been cut at least four years earlier.
The thing that really caught my eye with Tony Dorsett was how fast he could accelerate through a hole on the line. He just needed a sliver of daylight and boom he was in the defensive back field. With his cutting ability, he put the fear of god in DB's and safeties. He was deadly in the flat because most of the time a LB is tasked to cover anybody rolling to the flat, but in his prime he could out run any LB in the NFL
Dorsett was an All Time Great! Many people believed way back that Landry should have given Tony the ball more in Super Bowl XIII vs. Pittsburgh. And nobody was better running the screen pass than Tony D.
epm5433 Yeah, Dorset should've gotten the ball more. He was the only NFL back of his size (only 185 lbs.) that could carry the ball 20-25 times a game, like the bigger backs did. He should've gotten at least that many touches if not carries a game.
Nick with no last name 1) they were inferior players and athletes. 2) nfl was much smaller 3) most of them do not have a legacy - many forgotten Cons for me: 1) they helped to make the game the way it is today and put it on the map besides baseball and whatever people used to watch in america. Some players definitely deserve to be in this list but despite the fact that i know most of them i think there are too many
Nick with no last name 1) hypotheticals do not outweight the facts. 2) they have legacy, they just dont matter as much as newer players. Older players almost always get less relevant. The game was much different. Many of the players didnt even play in super bowl era
Nick with no last name what hypothetical? I can compare the two from what they are/were. Truth is, game is much more advanced and bigger now. I watch old games and appreciate history, but there is such thing as relevance. Things that were done in the nfl that were deemed impossible will probably be topped in the future as the league will grow.
What what allow people to know before dark green caught him from behind the play before he had a 35-yard run he was just tired on that next play but they've been other game girl green did not catch him from behind and he scored a touchdown
@@Ainsi110 I said he was the best Running Back the cowboys ever had. Neither of were Cowboys and Bo Jackson never made the Hall of fame, T.D. was a 1st ballot.
So glad I was able to carry his helmet for him to and from practice in Oxnard many days...We never spoke to much but every time I was there he said hey kid good to see you 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Tony D was amazing, great speed and could cut on a dime. And that uni in the thumbnail is the best of all time! Why they don't wear that today is a mystery.
One of my very few childhood sports heroes. When he broke the NCAA rushing record with Pitt at Annapolis, they fired the Navy cannon in his honor and threw their hats in the air.
Whew, what a scary team in 77! Roger at the helm. Tony and Robert in the backfield, Tony and Drew as wideouts. Billy Joe as TE. Then on the other side, You had Randy, Harvey, Too Tall, Charlie, Bob, DD. and many many more contributors. It brings back some Great memories. Favorite team of alltime!
If I could watch just two guys simply run with football, not win a Championship, but watch just to admire their running Skills, it would be OJ, and Tony Dorsett.
That's my Boy! I attended PITT same period! Always "bumping" into "TD" and "Storming Norman" ( Norm Nixon, Duquesne) at the parties. They are Great Human Beings!"
AGREED...NUTTIN Against Emmit But He Played 3 More Seasons Than Tony and His Playing YEARS From '90-''03 was Least Competitive Than when Tony PLAYED corm '77-''88..Better TEAMS During Tonys YEARS Than Emmits..Way More Smash MOUTH Defenses..They Were BRUTAL back Then..Unlike Now In Which They Make it Way More Offensive..Tonybwas Getting Hit Way More Harder Than Emmit WAS .That's why Tony had to Retire Cuz of His Injuries.
As a kid i saw Tony he was amazing spectacular he was a thing of beauty to watch TD in my mind still the best to ever wear a Cowboy uniform him and Roger made a good duo.
The smartest rb the fastest rb, never saw him get trapped for losses, never saw him take a big hit. His instincts on the gridiron surpasses O.J. and Jim Brown. Still to this day no back has exhibited the speed or burst of T.D. Tony Dorsett.
Way higher on my list. I remember as a young kid getting frustrated cause I didn’t understand what a patient running back looked like. I only knew Tony could be at full speed in two steps. 😏. So I wanted to see him go every hand off.😁 loved watching him back then. I was too young when he played at Pitt. Nostalgia
You can’t judge two players based on hypotheticals, it’s stupid. The fact is TD rushed for 12,000 while Emmitt rushed for 18,000, hello, welcome to real life!
I've been a Cowboys fan all my life from Colorado and I remember when I was 5 they traded Dorsett to the Broncos in '88. I had my Mom take me to the Broncos practice just to meet Dorsett and got his autograph. John Elway signed it too and that ruined it for me cause I'm Diehard Cowboys even at 5 years old. Haha! 🤣
Also a great receiver out of the backfield and a top-notch personal protector in the passing game. The man could do it all. I met him randomly once, at the Restoration Hardware just North of the Galleria. Shook his hand and told him how much I had enjoyed watching him play. He responded with a warm smile and a modest "thank you". Great player, nice dude.
Tony Dorsett is my all time favorite player. I could watch highlights of his runs all day. I've seen stronger backs, faster backs and backs who had all the moves. I've never seen anyone who looked as smooth running straight ahead as him.
TD was the very first running back I ever took notice of when he played for Pitt. He put up MONSTER numbers as a collegian and was revered in Pennsylvania.
My all-time favorite ! Tony D #33... Still to this day amazed and shocked #33 is NOT retired with Cowboys. How is that possible? Love to watch him run! CLASSIC.
Cunning Villain Emmitt is better. The list is so hard to make you could argue so many people should be ranked better. Too many great players throughout history. Every video thats not top 10 people are bitching about the ranking
As a boy growing up in Canada in the 70s it was the Steelers in the AFC and the Bears in the NFC. I absolutely hated the Cowboys- my brother’s team of course - but I always enjoyed watching Tony Dorsett run. Such a great - and somehow graceful and stylish - running back ... I admired him much more than Emmit Smith.
Tony Dorsett:** One Of The Greatest Running Backs Ever To Play On The Gridiron!!** Yes, He's Underrated/UnSung, But His Running Ability Is Scientific And Precise.** "KUDOS" To You, Mr. Tony Dorsett!!!!!"**
He was so fun to watch, when i was a kid. He differed from Emmitt Smith in that he was normally limited to 20-25 carries per game. Whereas Smith was the workhorse back. Tony had a good offensive line, but Smith had one of the most dominating of all time.
As an Eagles fan, there's no hesitation here, I absolutely loved Dorsett's running style. Hunched over low center of gravity. He made loosing to the cowgirls less painful
Nobody talks about how low he was (and hunched over as well). He said he saw the whole field as well!! Wasn't old enough to catch early career(thanks TH-cam), but this is my fav all-time player!! Not evn close🏈
I'm a DALLAS fan for life...take the best 5 year slice of Tony Dorsett and Emmit Smith and I'd choose Tony any day....he was better, sharper cutting, faster, amd could make the big play
Dorsett was way better than emmitt....and dorsett didnt have the offensive line that emmitt did....dorsett was only 192 pounds....blazing speed and quickness and was tough running up the middle
Wasn't born to watch his earlier yrs (but you can best believe I've seen EVRY highlight frm Pitt til early Cowboys). MY FAV PLAYER/NOT EVEN CLOSE OR UP FOR DISCUSSION
"LET ME RUN TO WHAT I SEE." Dorsett is the purest runner in league history. Sayers and Sanders had even more moves, and O.J. and Dickerson had more size, power. But, strictly as a blazing runner off the block, NO ONE went zero-to-60 as fast as TD. Vision, moves, ACCELERATION!!! An absolute joy.
I love the player that Emmit Smith was. But Tony Dorsett was my first favorite sports athlete. I'm just glad I got to watch both of them play their entire career. Two different type of runners, but both extremely effective. Tony was pure electricity. Emmit was a workhorse. But both shared a good quality, great vision.
That rookie year was frustrating at the beginning because he wasnt starting. He was only getting a few carries in the first games. But once he was starting, it was beatuiful
Not only is he the most underrated running back in NFL history, he is also the prettiest as well. His running style was one of a kind. Barry Sanders may have been more elusive, but he ran ugly. TD was my idol growing up too.
I was 8 years old when I really started watching football with my dad and brothers. I fell in love with the cowboys that year. TD would slice and dice his way through defenses and leave them in the dust and looking stupid but was so humble about it. With Staubach at QB and Newhouse at Fullback blowing open holes for TD it was awesome and mesmerizing to watch. Then opposing offenses had to face that crazy tough defense with the up front team of the twin towers of Ed (Too Tall) Jones and Harvey Martin working along side Randy White. And defensive backs were great too with Waters and Harris. These were good years.
He used the middle of the field beautifully. What a fantastic back. I hope the young pro backs still study these legends and remember that the NFL did not begin the day they were born. A Running back renaissance is happening and what is old school NFL is somehow new again.
He was my favorite player playing for my favorite team growing up in El Paso. I believe he had the quickest first step for all the running backs that I've watched and he didn't lose any speed when he changed direction. He was a defensive nightmare!
A lot of this film is at three quarters speed. Those of us who saw Dorsett live know he fast he hit the hole. He never trained in track and yet ran a 4.3. Late in his career, he ran a 4.37 at the Denver Broncos training camp. Coach Landry should have run Dorsett 25 times vs Pittsburgh in SB XIII. Jimmy Johnson would have. TD was probably the fastest of all the great backs - faster in the 40 and 100 than speed guys like Gale Sayers, OJ Simpson, Eric Dickerson, Adrian Peterson, Barry Sanders and Marshall Faulk. TD was the most electrifying player on the Cowboys.
Landry was a control freak and wouldn't give Staubach the play calling to him like Bradshaw and Stabler had. He held Dorsett back and if wasn't for his long runs in 77 he would not have gotten 1000 yrds. He had a 84&77 yrd run that year and Landry still wasn't starting him until mid season.
Thomas Henderson should have stayed around also. He had problems but so did LT and other dudes. Cowboy defense went down after Henderson left also. It was crazy to let go of Everson Walls also in the 80's. He started in a Super Bowl in 1990!
Got to watch him play several times at Texas Stadium and even got to see the 99 yard run. Tony had two speeds. Fast and Gone. He made that corner and it was over.
TD was a great player no question and I remember that Monday night game against Minnesota when he broke off that 99 yard run,a thing of beauty.He was definitely my favorite player along with Walter Payton.
At the 33 second mark Tony fakes out 7 Cardinals with his patented spin move. The best 4 yard run for a touchdown ....WITHOUT GETTING TOUCHED EVER!.....I saw that game live on TV, poetry in motion!
He was the man. People today have no idea how good this cat was.
😥 so true he was amazing
I got his Dallas Cowboy jersey number 33 hanging up on my wall. Been a Tony Dorsett fan ever since he was in college at Pittsburgh. Your comment is 100% facts
Indeed, he was slick.
EXACTLY!! He should have been ranked higher.
I remember they were playing the Cardinals in St. Louis where Terry Metcalf ran a 70 yard touchdown. Just a few plays later, Tony Dorsett ran that 84 yard beauty you saw on the highlight reel! Cowboys won that one BTW!
He's not a cat guy...
When I was a kid in Dallas back in the early 80s, it was Tony Dorsett, Tony Dorsett and Tony Dorsett. That's the way it went back then. We all loved him. He was the man!
Deserves to be higher than #77.
Yeah... but he doesn't deserve to be higher than Darrell Green at #75!
Tony had the most impressive explosion of velocity of any running back.
And so smooth and fluid!
BIG ASS FACTS
Over Bo Jackson?
Howard Pryor Bo was faster stronger and smoother than Tony so he was the most explosive running back of all time even over Eric Dickerson
Donavan Box I completely disagree. Bo was great, but he was not smooth like TD & ED; the latter being much greater than Bo.
My favorite player. My hero.
TD was brilliant flash of light across the sky that will NEVER be diminished.
Tony Dorsett made touchdowns look beautiful. He was an artist, and a great football player.
Make no mistake.. Tony Dorsett in tandem with Roger Starbauch helped to solidify making The Dallas Cowboys.. America’s Team! Man.. TD was sweet to watch! 💯👊🏽
Tony Dorsett has agility and shiftiness that's second to none. I could watch his highlight package for hours.
He was the best back catching screen passes. I remember watching him in the 80’s.
Smooth as silk.
Exactly. That move he put on the Vikings 10 yard line on the 99 yard run was so smooth and effortless looking that it looked like he didn't even do anything. But that was a GREAT move /cut.
MAN, that speed, that acceleration, those quick turns...every step he takes is beautiful...My favorite running back of all time, EVER!!..
I know Emmit had a lot of yards rushing,but Dorsett was the more dynamic player better than Smith IMO.
Watch this and then repeat that claim... if you can th-cam.com/video/FQgSkOBp5sY/w-d-xo.html
Smith not even close in talent to TD. Jerry kept Smith around longer than he should have just so he could "get the record." TD didn't have half the line Smith. If Jimmy Johnson had stayed in Dallas Smith would have been cut at least four years earlier.
@@ArcticRaven0 ummmm no and.....no.
I watched it. You got a point there
Dorsett was good but lots of fumbles.
The thing that really caught my eye with Tony Dorsett was how fast he could accelerate through a hole on the line. He just needed a sliver of daylight and boom he was in the defensive back field. With his cutting ability, he put the fear of god in DB's and safeties. He was deadly in the flat because most of the time a LB is tasked to cover anybody rolling to the flat, but in his prime he could out run any LB in the NFL
No one could glide like Tony Dorsett. Meaning, he made it look easy. :-)
Dorsett was an All Time Great! Many people believed way back that Landry should have given Tony the ball more in Super Bowl XIII vs. Pittsburgh. And nobody was better running the screen pass than Tony D.
epm5433 Yeah, Dorset should've gotten the ball more. He was the only NFL back of his size (only 185 lbs.) that could carry the ball 20-25 times a game, like the bigger backs did. He should've gotten at least that many touches if not carries a game.
Agreed! We stopped running?!?! One of the bad coaching moments in Landrys career.
Landry, despite all the innovative things he brought to the game, was just so conservative and predictable the last 15 years of his coaching career.
I'll be damn' every time I go back and look at that Super Bowl only if...
Absolutely correct, I love #33 TD
He was great and I consider Tony Dorsett in the top ten...no doubt. He was explosive and exciting to watch. Cowboy Up!
HE SHOULD'VE BEEN ALOT HIGHER ON THIS LIST !! ALOT HIGHER!
A lot of people say that here, and no doubt there's a case to be made, but the league has had so many legends it's hard to do them all justice.
Tony Dorsett was 1 of the greatest RB's ever and speed with power and grit goes unnoticed. What a player. How Bout Them Cowboys!!!
We played against Tony in high school. He touched the ball 3 times and scored 3 TD's. 2 punt returns and long run. Guy is a stallion!
Agree that he should be higher than 77..Dorsett to this day is the prettiest runner EVER!
Him or barry
I'm a Giants fan and utterly DESPISE the Cowboys, but this ranking is BULLSHIT. Tony should be top 40 at least.
Xavier Vega too many pre merger players in this list. If you remove most of them it would be hard to bump him any more
Tony forsett was td, touch down, that my hero, college football legend and nfl legend
Nick with no last name 1)
they were inferior players and athletes.
2) nfl was much smaller
3) most of them do not have a legacy - many forgotten
Cons for me:
1) they helped to make the game the way it is today and put it on the map besides baseball and whatever people used to watch in america.
Some players definitely deserve to be in this list but despite the fact that i know most of them i think there are too many
Nick with no last name 1) hypotheticals do not outweight the facts.
2) they have legacy, they just dont matter as much as newer players. Older players almost always get less relevant. The game was much different. Many of the players didnt even play in super bowl era
Nick with no last name what hypothetical? I can compare the two from what they are/were. Truth is, game is much more advanced and bigger now. I watch old games and appreciate history, but there is such thing as relevance. Things that were done in the nfl that were deemed impossible will probably be topped in the future as the league will grow.
Tony is top 10 in my opinion, dude was an absolute beast
once he got into the open field, it was over.
Except for when he was caught from behind.
Until Darrell Green Caught Him......There's always someone faster.
What what allow people to know before dark green caught him from behind the play before he had a 35-yard run he was just tired on that next play but they've been other game girl green did not catch him from behind and he scored a touchdown
Kevin Thomas Darrell green**
Green was only able to get him by his foot
Had the fastest take off of any back ever! One of the best
never a Cowboys fan, but hard not the be a Tony Dorsett fan - such a gifted athlete
That first step was amazing
So we're supposed to believe that there was 76 better football players than Touchdown Tony Dorsett in the history of the NFL? Please....
Skoshi33 yes.
It's just an opinion. I can name 100 I think are better, starting with Emmitt Smith, but that's just my opinion.
You can look in Rodger Staubach eyes and he wants to say bullshit ,but he is a Christian 😂🤣
@@lancebaker1374 emmitt couldn't hold dorsetts jock strap
Preach!
The best Back they ever had.
I totally agree yes Emmit TD was better than you
Kenneth Overton... not like Emmitt has 2 k more yards then everyone else
He’s not as good as Dickerson or Bo Jackson
@@Ainsi110 I said he was the best Running Back the cowboys ever had. Neither of were Cowboys and Bo Jackson never made the Hall of fame, T.D. was a 1st ballot.
@@Ainsi110 Bo Jackson is not in the hall of fame. Dickerson was not a Cowboy Neither was Jackson.I said Dorsett was the best Cowboy Running Back.
0:52 still my favourite MNF play of all time-pure gold-and only 10 men on the field for the Cowboys....
TD had incredible vision. Underrated aspect of his game.
So glad I was able to carry his helmet for him to and from practice in Oxnard many days...We never spoke to much but every time I was there he said hey kid good to see you 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Blessed to have witnessed my favorite running back of all time.
I remember watching that 99 yard run on MNF. I was a Cowboy fan back then and it was epic.
One of my all time favorites Bad dude!!
I put TD in the top five all time NFL running backs.
No way
B.Sanders
Walter Payton
Jim Brown
Eric Dickerson
Earl Campbell
Delvinthedude TD could definitely be better than Campbell and Dickerson
AN THET DIDNT EVEN THINK ABOUT TERRY METCALF
I don't.
@@noluvjay7558 Jim brown is so over rated c'mon it's because he was blk all hype
Tony D was amazing, great speed and could cut on a dime. And that uni in the thumbnail is the best of all time! Why they don't wear that today is a mystery.
Dorsett should be in the top 20
This is when I was a diehard cowboys fan; loved me sum tony Dorset. Man he is burning rubber on that last run against the Patriots
One of my very few childhood sports heroes.
When he broke the NCAA rushing record with Pitt at Annapolis, they fired the Navy cannon in his honor and threw their hats in the air.
awesome
very underrated
Whew, what a scary team in 77! Roger at the helm. Tony and Robert in the backfield, Tony and Drew as wideouts. Billy Joe as TE. Then on the other side, You had Randy, Harvey, Too Tall, Charlie, Bob, DD. and many many more contributors. It brings back some Great memories. Favorite team of alltime!
My fav team of all time...dont forget Hollywood Henderson and Preston Pearson
On that 99 yrd run old 88 was downfield blocking two player's.
If I could watch just two guys simply run with football, not win a Championship, but watch just to admire their running Skills, it would be OJ, and Tony Dorsett.
What about Galye Sayers, Barry Sanders, and Walter Payton?
I agree with you
They were all great runners
That's my Boy! I attended PITT same period! Always "bumping" into "TD" and "Storming Norman" ( Norm Nixon, Duquesne) at the parties. They are Great Human Beings!"
My favorite Cowboy when I was a little kid. Some of my fondest memories from childhood were watching the Cowboys and my parents yelling "Go Tony go"
If Emmett Smith is a head of him on this list, then that's HorseShit! T.D was a much better RB than E.S
Emmitt Smith holds the record for most rushing yards, and three super bowl rings...
I tell people that ALL the tome, Emmit could'nt carry Tony's jockstrap !!
Emmit smith also got more carries than Dorsett ever got and had the best nfl offensive line in nfl history
AGREED...NUTTIN Against Emmit But He Played 3 More Seasons Than Tony and His Playing YEARS From '90-''03 was Least Competitive Than when Tony PLAYED corm '77-''88..Better TEAMS During Tonys YEARS Than Emmits..Way More Smash MOUTH Defenses..They Were BRUTAL back Then..Unlike Now In Which They Make it Way More Offensive..Tonybwas Getting Hit Way More Harder Than Emmit WAS
.That's why Tony had to Retire Cuz of His Injuries.
@@bodombeastmode landry didnt give the ball to tony that much, and tony didnt have a great offensive line
He was electric! 🔥
Even though they are hall of famers, some are underrated. Tony is one of them. Like Hakeem in basketball.
As a kid i saw Tony he was amazing spectacular he was a thing of beauty to watch TD in my mind still the best to ever wear a Cowboy uniform him and Roger made a good duo.
Damn, he was before my time. Had no idea he was that nice...
Yeah he was something. Great college career too. Seemed to break at least one long run every game at Pitt in '75 & '76.
i didn't come along til 80, wish I could have watched him work live...
Stro Boogie O.J., Walter Payton, Earl Campbell, & Gale Sayers were great to watch too.
Stro Boogie ,Been watching football for over 50 years and Dorsett was the greatest breakaway runner I ever saw.What acceleration and speed !
+tubewatcher38 jim brown and emmit smith and marcus allen were amazing too
The smartest rb the fastest rb, never saw him get trapped for losses, never saw him take a big hit. His instincts on the gridiron surpasses O.J. and Jim Brown. Still to this day no back has exhibited the speed or burst of T.D. Tony Dorsett.
I was a freshman at Pitt in the fall of '77 and have always been disappointed that I missed Tony and our championship by seven months.
Way higher on my list. I remember as a young kid getting frustrated cause I didn’t understand what a patient running back looked like. I only knew Tony could be at full speed in two steps. 😏. So I wanted to see him go every hand off.😁 loved watching him back then. I was too young when he played at Pitt. Nostalgia
Only #77? No way. Top 50 at least. If TD had Emit Smith's OLs, he'd have run for 20K yards instead of 12K.
You can’t judge two players based on hypotheticals, it’s stupid. The fact is TD rushed for 12,000 while Emmitt rushed for 18,000, hello, welcome to real life!
I've been a Cowboys fan all my life from Colorado and I remember when I was 5 they traded Dorsett to the Broncos in '88. I had my Mom take me to the Broncos practice just to meet Dorsett and got his autograph. John Elway signed it too and that ruined it for me cause I'm Diehard Cowboys even at 5 years old. Haha! 🤣
Also a great receiver out of the backfield and a top-notch personal protector in the passing game. The man could do it all.
I met him randomly once, at the Restoration Hardware just North of the Galleria. Shook his hand and told him how much I had enjoyed watching him play. He responded with a warm smile and a modest "thank you". Great player, nice dude.
Tony Dorsett is my all time favorite player. I could watch highlights of his runs all day. I've seen stronger backs, faster backs and backs who had all the moves. I've never seen anyone who looked as smooth running straight ahead as him.
Should have been top 50 easily. Randy White should have been top 50 also!
The quintessential big play back! The best.
Absolutely no one, and I mean NO ONE has a more perfect lengthy stride!
TD was the very first running back I ever took notice of when he played for Pitt. He put up MONSTER numbers as a collegian and was revered in Pennsylvania.
My all-time favorite ! Tony D #33... Still to this day amazed and shocked #33 is NOT retired with Cowboys. How is that possible? Love to watch him run! CLASSIC.
Because the Cowboys don't retire numbers, if they did they wouldn't be able to field a squad. Too many legends over the years.
No way, 77 is waaaaaayyy too low...C'mon now
He deserves way more Credit
What a amazing Player he was
Tony 77#
The fact Dorsett was ranked 77th while Emmitt Smith was ranked 28th is a damn joke.
Ryan Brown TD is better
Stats don’t lie man
Cunning Villain.
Cunning Villain Emmitt is better. The list is so hard to make you could argue so many people should be ranked better. Too many great players throughout history. Every video thats not top 10 people are bitching about the ranking
Emmit ran behind the greatest offensive line of all time which makes him nearly impossible to rank accurately.
As a boy growing up in Canada in the 70s it was the Steelers in the AFC and the Bears in the NFC. I absolutely hated the Cowboys- my brother’s team of course - but I always enjoyed watching Tony Dorsett run. Such a great - and somehow graceful and stylish - running back ... I admired him much more than Emmit Smith.
Love that music that they play it displays strength and durability
Those were very exciting times 🏉
Absolutely, when you talk GOAT 🐐 running backs he’s definitely in the conversation.
Tony Dorsett:**
One Of The Greatest Running Backs Ever To Play On The Gridiron!!** Yes, He's Underrated/UnSung, But His Running Ability Is Scientific And Precise.** "KUDOS" To You, Mr. Tony Dorsett!!!!!"**
He was so fun to watch, when i was a kid. He differed from Emmitt Smith in that he was normally limited to 20-25 carries per game. Whereas Smith was the workhorse back. Tony had a good offensive line, but Smith had one of the most dominating of all time.
As an Eagles fan, there's no hesitation here, I absolutely loved Dorsett's running style. Hunched over low center of gravity. He made loosing to the cowgirls less painful
Nobody talks about how low he was (and hunched over as well). He said he saw the whole field as well!! Wasn't old enough to catch early career(thanks TH-cam), but this is my fav all-time player!! Not evn close🏈
Y'all had Wilbert Montgomery
@@mcdonoghrahloh459 yeah...31 was nice, especially out of the backfield, but he was no Dorsett.
@@kevinbryant4972 Not many were 😆Thanx for the reply
Top 10 easily, better than Emmit Smith.
Watch this and then repeat that claim... if you can th-cam.com/video/FQgSkOBp5sY/w-d-xo.html
I'm a DALLAS fan for life...take the best 5 year slice of Tony Dorsett and Emmit Smith and I'd choose Tony any day....he was better, sharper cutting, faster, amd could make the big play
Dorsett was way better than emmitt....and dorsett didnt have the offensive line that emmitt did....dorsett was only 192 pounds....blazing speed and quickness and was tough running up the middle
locks4 Emmitt Smith was light years ahead of td... 2k more yards than 2nd place
That run against the patriots is a thing of beauty.
I saw that game when it happened and I think it is my fav Dorsett run
Dorset was probably one of the top five running backs of all time this ranking is way too low
You do know this is Top 100 Players not Running Backs right??
Tony Dorsett was a lot better than being named the 77th greatest football player in NFL history, Dorsett was electrifying.
Wasn't born to watch his earlier yrs (but you can best believe I've seen EVRY highlight frm Pitt til early Cowboys). MY FAV PLAYER/NOT EVEN CLOSE OR UP FOR DISCUSSION
First 60 seconds of the video looks like he's skating on ice. That smooth running
"LET ME RUN TO WHAT I SEE."
Dorsett is the purest runner in league history.
Sayers and Sanders had even more moves, and O.J. and Dickerson had more size, power.
But, strictly as a blazing runner off the block, NO ONE went zero-to-60 as fast as TD.
Vision, moves, ACCELERATION!!!
An absolute joy.
I love this guy. An amazing player with a beutiful running style. Top 30 player in my mind.
I love the player that Emmit Smith was. But Tony Dorsett was my first favorite sports athlete. I'm just glad I got to watch both of them play their entire career.
Two different type of runners, but both extremely effective. Tony was pure electricity. Emmit was a workhorse.
But both shared a good quality, great vision.
One of the few players I wish I could’ve seen especially that rookie year
That rookie year was frustrating at the beginning because he wasnt starting. He was only getting a few carries in the first games. But once he was starting, it was beatuiful
Tony had sneaky speed, he doesn’t look fast until he gets to open field and then he just turns on the jets and nobody catches him
Not only is he the most underrated running back in NFL history, he is also the prettiest as well. His running style was one of a kind. Barry Sanders may have been more elusive, but he ran ugly. TD was my idol growing up too.
I was 8 years old when I really started watching football with my dad and brothers. I fell in love with the cowboys that year. TD would slice and dice his way through defenses and leave them in the dust and looking stupid but was so humble about it. With Staubach at QB and Newhouse at Fullback blowing open holes for TD it was awesome and mesmerizing to watch.
Then opposing offenses had to face that crazy tough defense with the up front team of the twin towers of Ed (Too Tall) Jones and Harvey Martin working along side Randy White. And defensive backs were great too with Waters and Harris. These were good years.
He used the middle of the field beautifully. What a fantastic back. I hope the young pro backs still study these legends and remember that the NFL did not begin the day they were born. A Running back renaissance is happening and what is old school NFL is somehow new again.
He was one of the rare backs, that if he got to second level and hit that second gear, he was tough to catch
He was my favorite player playing for my favorite team growing up in El Paso. I believe he had the quickest first step for all the running backs that I've watched and he didn't lose any speed when he changed direction. He was a defensive nightmare!
The 77 Cowboys are my favorite team off alltime. Roger, Tony and Robert. Talk about a 3 headed monster!
77? Now we DO understand he retired as the NFL's greatest rusher??
Earl Powell Are you trying to say TD was a greater rusher than Jim Brown and Walter Payton?
sydboski no but pretty close
So you agree with me that TD was not the NFL's greatest rusher at his retirement. I didn't even mention OJ.
sydboski td was better than oj Jim brown played where ppl didn't know how to tackle
sydboski yes
He is great
TD should be ranked a lot higher.
I'M 60 years old now and I can tell you that there aren't 50 players EVER TO PLAY in the NFL better than "Touchdown" Tony Dorsett.
And yes. Tony should be top 20
He was something special his first 5 yrs. He was good after that but with adequate blocking he was tremendous.
@helpisontheway9405 so true
A lot of this film is at three quarters speed. Those of us who saw Dorsett live know he fast he hit the hole. He never trained in track and yet ran a 4.3. Late in his career, he ran a 4.37 at the Denver Broncos training camp. Coach Landry should have run Dorsett 25 times vs Pittsburgh in SB XIII. Jimmy Johnson would have. TD was probably the fastest of all the great backs - faster in the 40 and 100 than speed guys like Gale Sayers, OJ Simpson, Eric Dickerson, Adrian Peterson, Barry Sanders and Marshall Faulk. TD was the most electrifying player on the Cowboys.
Landry was a control freak and wouldn't give Staubach the play calling to him like Bradshaw and Stabler had. He held Dorsett back and if wasn't for his long runs in 77 he would not have gotten 1000 yrds. He had a 84&77 yrd run that year and Landry still wasn't starting him until mid season.
Thomas Henderson should have stayed around also. He had problems but so did LT and other dudes. Cowboy defense went down after Henderson left also. It was crazy to let go of Everson Walls also in the 80's. He started in a Super Bowl in 1990!
Agree with all that you said. You know your stuff. Tony ran a sub-9.5 100 yard dash at the Superstars.
You don't see running backs like him anymore, they're fast with some little moves but not those instinctive cuts and body movements
I was on the fence as a Dallas fan UNTIL they drafted TD from Pitt. Then I was ALL IN! GO COWBOYS!
Fair weather fan
Got to watch him play several times at Texas Stadium and even got to see the 99 yard run. Tony had two speeds. Fast and Gone. He made that corner and it was over.
TOUCHDOWN TONY!
When you have Roger Staubach as your spokesman.
TD was a great player no question and I remember that Monday night game against Minnesota when he broke off that 99 yard run,a thing of beauty.He was definitely my favorite player along with Walter Payton.
At the 33 second mark Tony fakes out 7 Cardinals with his patented spin move. The best 4 yard run for a touchdown ....WITHOUT GETTING TOUCHED EVER!.....I saw that game live on TV, poetry in motion!
My favorite Dorsett run.