Dorsett joins concussion suit, reels from concussi...

Published Feb 03 2012 by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Dorsett joins concussion suit, reels from concussion

The helmet-to-helmet shot knocked Tony Dorsett out cold in the second quarter of a 1984 Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles game, the hardest hit he took in his Hall of Fame NFL career.

"It was like a freight train hitting a Volkswagen," Dorsett says now.

"Did they know it was a concussion?" he...

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