| Dallas Cowboys: Facts & Triva |  | Author: Gary W. Stratton
Publisher: Avery Color Studios
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0938313223
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ASIN: 0938313223
Publication Date: August 1996
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It's for addicted Cowboy fans, of which there are millions. September 9, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you've thought much about the Dallas Cowboys, positively, or negatively, it's all here, the great moments, the humiliating moments and the peculiar moments. How did a team that started out so poorly grow into such an NFL monster? Gary Stratton's careful, restructuring of one of sports greatest success stories helps jog the memory without having to do all the painful research after a barroom argument. From humble beginngs, a square coach's innovations, a baby-photographer's eye's for unknown talent, to the cockier-than-dirt J-Birds and their ungracious arrival in Dallas, to some of the most colorful players ever to don a uniform in any sport, this is a book no true Cowboy fan, or NFL fan, for that matter, can be without. From Eddie LeBaron, to Don Merideth, to Craig Morton, to Roger Staubach, Danny White and Troy Aikman, the facts are all there, but much better than the facts are the little known stories. Did you remember that in the beginning, the Cowboys were supposed to be the Dallas Rangers? Me neither. Cowboy fans will quickly recognize the events, the good times and the bad, and they'll be reminded of all the great moments, and of those friendly ghosts from the past, guys named Lilly and Howley, Perkins and Garrison, Thomas and Hill. Stratton's book helps put it all into perspective for us, and when you see it in this format you're reminded of what a fun ride it's been since 1960's first entry. It's not the kind of book you're likely to read at one sitting and forget about, either. It's a book fans will want to keep by their beds to read for a few chuckles and aging memories after a long day. I personally enjoyed getting re-acquainted with some of the great names of the past, guys like Jethro Pugh, who still has a score to settle with that guy from Idaho named Jerry Kramer. All the later stuff about Jerry Jones and his embarrassing press conferences, are in there. So is Jimmy Johnson's snubbing of Jones as the bar. Then, of course there were Super Bowl highs and the Super Bowl lows. I'm glad he took the time to put all of this together. You'll like the aging pictures, too. They show how much the game has progressed in the last 30 years. Like I say, it's for addicted Cowboy fans, of which there are millions.
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