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Dallas cornerback has bounced back from family tragedy.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

Publication Date: 25-JAN-96

Author: Domowitch, Paul
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COPYRIGHT 1996 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service

TEMPE, Ariz. _ A cornerback needs two things to survive in the National Football League. One is speed. The other is resiliency.

``Cornerback is a very visible position,'' said Dallas Cowboys cornerback Larry Brown. ``When you get beat, everybody is going to see it. But you can't dwell on failure. When it happens, you've got to say, `I messed up,' and move on.''

On Nov. 16, Brown's resiliency underwent life's ultimate test. His 2-month-old son Kristopher, who had been born 10 weeks prematurely, died.

There is no grief in this world that can compare to the loss of a child, even one as young as Kristopher, who spent his all-too-brief existence on life support with little hope for survival.

Nevertheless, just two days after his son's death, Brown boarded Cowboys owner Jerry Jones's private jet, flew to Oakland and played in the Cowboys' 34-21 win over the Raiders on Nov....

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