1974 WFL defectors
That 1974 preseason was fractured by the players strike and the WFL looming over the team.Otto Stowe had been brilliant for the first 7 games in 1973,broke his ankle and never really recovered.He got on the wrong side of Mike Ditka in the 74 training camp(Ditka was the receivers coach) and was accused of not working hard enough to recover from his injury.Mike Montgomery had left under a cloud after 73 because of injury problems as well.I had always assumed the Cowboys WFL "defectors" were these 7:
Calvin Hill
Rayfield Wright
Otto Stowe
Jethro Pugh
Pat Toomay
D.D. Lewis
Craig Morton
Nice repost of that classic article,glad Rayfield,Jethro and D.D. stayed with the 75 Cowboys,and if I remember it right,Calvin Hill hurt his knee bad in his 75 WFL season and was never the same player again
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