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Legends of the Dallas Cowboys |  | Author: Cody Monk
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 946815
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 180
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 1582617074
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.33264097642812
EAN: 9781582617077
ASIN: 1582617074
Publication Date: October 1, 2004
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Product Description
It was January 28, 1960, and Clint Murchison and Bedford Wynne were standing at the NFL meetings in Miami Beach, Florida, awaiting the word. When other owners emerged from a room and told Murchison and Wynne that they were now the newest owners of an NFL franchise, no one expected the announcement would help turn the NFL into AmericaÂs newest pastime and the new expansion team, the Dallas Cowboys, into AmericaÂs Team. Five Super Bowl titles, seven Hall of Famers, and a litany of legendary players, characters, and games later, the Dallas Cowboys franchise has cemented itself among the most successful in all of sports and, with a fan base that extends all over the world, among the most well known. Legends of the Dallas Cowboys takes an in-depth look at 15 of the legends that have shaped the Cowboys identity, beginning with Tom Landry, the man who was hired before Murchison had been awarded a team and who is still the franchiseÂs enduring image. Also included is Tex Schramm, under whom the Cowboys had 20 straight winning seasons and who is considered the most forward-thinking NFL executive ever. Contributing to all the winning was a legacy of great quarterbacks: Don Meredith, the original Cowboys quarterback; Roger Staubach, who brought the team its first Super Bowl title; and Troy Aikman, who returned the team to greatness in the 1990s with three Super Bowl wins. Runners such as Emmitt Smith, the all-time rushing king, and Tony Dorsett, number five on that list, carried the Cowboys to victory. Legends of the Dallas Cowboys profiles Randy White and Ed "Too Tall" Jones from the famed "Doomsday Defense," as well as their predecessors, Bob Lilly, Lee Roy Jordan, and Mel Renfro. Also included are innovators like Bob Hayes, who forced the creation of the zone defense, and Michael Irvin and Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, who forced the creation of behavioral clauses in contracts. Each of the legends played their own unique role in shaping the lore of one of sports greatest franchises, a franchise that began humbly on a winter day in Miami and is now a model of success.
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Biopix of the greatest Cowboys! February 24, 2008
Fred Goodwin (San Antonio, TX)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Review: Legends of the Dallas Cowboys
Monk, Cody. Legends of the Dallas Cowboys, Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing LLC. 2004 184p, illus. list: 24.95, ISBN 1-58261-707-4
This lavishly illustrated "coffee-table" sized book covers the greatest legends of the Cowboys, starting with Tom Landry. It includes chapters for some of the original Cowboys like GM Tex Schramm, QB Don Meredith, DT Bob Lilly, MLB Lee Roy Jordan, DB Mel Renfro, and WR Bob Hayes.
Stars from the 70s who made the Cowboys "America's Team" include QB Roger Staubach, twin safeties Cliff Harris & Charlie Waters, LB Hollywood Henderson, DE Ed Jones, DT Randy White and RB Tony Dorsett.
The book closes with the "Triplets" of the 90s, Michael Irvin, Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith. As expected of a coffee-table book, it is lavishly illustrated.
© Fred Goodwin, Feb 23, 2008
Ken's wife January 12, 2007
Ruth M. Howard (Austin, TX)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
My husband was thrilled to get the book and is enjoying reading it.
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