outlaw022 wrote:Cowboys will have first in nfc east soon
We can only hope Outlaw.
Tom Landry might be smiling. Oh wait. he never smiled.
Side note: Tom Landry played for the NY Giants from 1949-55 and was an an assistant coach for the Giants.
-Born: Mission, Texas, September 11, 1924.
-As a freshman at Texas, joined a B-17 bomber crew during World War II, flying 30 missions and surviving a crash in Belgium.
-Returned to Texas to play fullback and defensive back for Longhorns teams that won the 1948 Sugar Bowl and the '49 Orange Bowl.
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Defensive back and punter with AAFC's New York Yankees and NFL's New York Giants, 1949-55. Became an assistant coach with the Giants.
-Became first head coach of the expansion Cowboys in 1960.
-Named TSN Coach of the Year after 1966 season, in which the Cowboys --went 10-3-1 and lost to the Packers in the NFL championship game.
-Is the NFL's third-winningest coach of all time, compiling a 270-178-6 record in 29 seasons with the Cowboys.
-Had an NFL-record 20 consecutive winning seasons between 1966 and '85.
-Won 13 NFC East titles and five NFC titles.
-Won Super Bowl VI over Miami 24-3 following 1971 season.
-Won Super Bowl 12 over Denver 27-10 following 1977 season.
-Credited with introducing flex defense and reviving shotgun offense.
-Fired February 25, 1989, after the Cowboys went 3-13 in 1988. "It's like the death of Lombardi," NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle said.
-Inducted into Hall of Fame, Class of 1990.
-Began treatment for leukemia, May 1999.
-Dies at age 75, February 12, 2000.