![]() ![]() Newton was so big he earned the nickname “The Kitchen” because he was bigger than the Chicago Bears’ William “The Refrigerator” Perry. behemoth thrived as a run and pass blocker during his thirteen-year tenure in Dallas. Newton was as nimble as he was gargantuan – the 6’3″, 335 lb. With Newton playing left guard for head coaches Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer, America’s Team won three Super Bowl titles in four years from 1992 to 1995. And that’s what’s important more to me is that I have changed.Big Nate Newton was a pillar of strength for the Dallas Cowboys dynasty of the 1990s. “How many times can you tell somebody you’re sorry? The thing that people want to know is that you have changed. “I just let people watch the way I am now and try to be a friend,” Haley said. ![]() Now that he’s not, he figures there’s only so much he can do to repair relationships. The mental illness part is just, I was always in a reactionary mode.” “It’s sobering when you get to see other people like you, but yet you see their struggles because they refuse to get a handle on top of it,” Haley said. And he has his own niche in wanting to help young people with mental illness. Haley volunteers with an organization of pro athletes who try to help disadvantaged kids. “That legacy probably is more important than the legacy that he aspired to in football.” “I think his great legacy, besides being a Hall of Fame and great, great football player, is what he’s going to do with the rest of his life in helping kids,” said DeBartolo, who will introduce Haley in the hall ceremony. doesn’t measure Haley’s career in sacks or Super Bowls. We had good corners that turned into great corners because Charles Haley was at that right defensive end.”įormer 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr. “He was the reason we won the first Super Bowl. Super Bowl,” Newton said about how much difference Haley made for the Cowboys. Haley’s back problems limited him late in a 12-season career that actually ended with one more year in San Francisco in 1999 after two years out of the game.īut the Cowboys never measured his worth in sacks. He’s not even in the top 10 on the Dallas with 34 in five seasons. Haley finished with 100 1/2 sacks, half of all-time leader Bruce Smith’s total in 19 seasons. There were back-to-back titles with the Cowboys (1992-93) before the final one in 1995. He made it interesting.”Ī 1986 fourth-round pick out of James Madison, Haley won Super Bowls with the 1988 and ‘89 championships with San Francisco. “From that time forward, we had a great relationship. But I’ll take that into consideration,”’ Johnson said. ![]() “And I said, ‘Charles, I can’t guarantee you that that’s going to happen. Haley said he understood it needed to happen, but asked if it could be in private. Johnson had a few run-ins with Haley, who eventually asked his coach to stop chastising him in front of other players. Regardless of his problems, I knew that if he was smart and would work hard and he had a passion for the game, that I could deal with him.” “To a man, and of course everybody knew he was an outstanding player, but everybody said he had a passion for the game,” Johnson said. He had assistant coaches check with San Francisco’s staff. Sure enough, the 49ers made Haley available, and Johnson had some Cowboys call their counterparts with the 49ers. We knew how far to push each other.”Ī playoff loss to Detroit ended the 1991 season, and coach Jimmy Johnson vowed in front of his team that he would improve the pass rush. ![]() “Michael Irvin was unique in his own way. ![]()
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