Cowboys special teams coach hospitalized

David Elfin The Washington Times - December 27, 2009, 08:15PM

Dallas special teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis, who was paralyzed in August, was rushed from FedEx Field to a local hospital for an emergency appendectomy.

DeCamillis was injured when the Cowboys’ practice bubble came crashing down in a terrible thunderstorm during a May minicamp.

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Quality control coach Wes Phillips, son of coach Wade Phillips, will fill in for DeCamillis.

— David Elfin

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David Elfin

David Elfin has been following Washington-area sports teams since the late 1960s. David began his journalism career at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., history) and Syracuse University (M.S., telecommunications). He wrote for the Bulletin (Philadelphia), the Post-Standard (Syracuse) and The Washington Post before coming to The Washington Times in 1986. He has covered colleges, the Orioles …

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