By the age of 28, after one season coming off the bench for Chicago following six seasons with the Cowboys, he was finished in the NFL. Barber was not called “Marion the Barbarian” simply because it had a nice rhyme. “We are heartbroken by the tragic death of Marion Barber III,’’ the Cowboys said in a statement released Wednesday night. “Marion was an old-school, hard-nosed football player who ran with the will to win every day. He had a passion for the game and a love for his coaches and teammates.’’Find more Cowboys coverage from The Dallas Morning News here.

Source: The Guardian June 02, 2022 04:03 UTC