A Little Known Cowboys History Fact

[THUMPER]

Only the 1957 & 1964 drafts produced more HoFers than that 1961 draft:

1957-9:
RB Paul Hornung
QB Len Dawson
RB Jim Brown
OT Jim Parker
WR Tommy McDonald
QB Sonny Jurgensen
DT Henry Jordan
WR Don Maynard
OT Gene Hickerson

1964-9:
OT/G Bob Brown (selected by both the Broncos and Eagles)
RB/WR Charley Taylor
DT Carl Eller
WR Paul Warfield
DB Mel Renfro Old (#20 was the best DB we ever had!)
DB Paul Krause
LB Dave Wilcox
RB Leroy Kelly
QB Roger Staubach (Captain Comeback himself!)


1953 & 1967 also produced 7 HoFers...

1953-7:

DE Doug Atkins
RB John Henry Johnson
OT Bob St. Clair
OT Stan Jones
C Jim Ringo
LB Joe Schmidt
OT Roosevelt "Rosey" Brown

Chuck Noll was also drafted in 1953 but he went in as a HC not as a player.

1967-7:

QB Bob Griese
DT Alan Page
OL Gene Upshaw
DB Lem Barney
LB Willie Lanier
OT Rayfield Wright
DB Ken Houston

 

[AdamJT13]

12...Lowndes Shingler, QB, Clemson

How does it go? Oh, yeah ... I can't believe we passed on Deacon Jones to draft this stiff!! Headbang!!!!

 

[Cajuncowboy]

The AFL was drafting players at the same time as the NFL in those days. We drafted him, so did they. He signed with them instead.

He was a first round pick for the Texans so I think he signed there because he would get more money.

 

[jazzcat22]

ANd we lost to the Cards in the first playoff game.


I was there. The first time the cowboys had a chance to beat a team 3 times in one year. They failed.


Last year, the second time the cowboys had a chance to beat a team 3 times in one season. They failed. I was there too.

I was at both games also......very frustrating. :bang2: :bang2:

 

[Rack]

I like you big guy but...You are not allowed to go to anymore playoff games. :

I know!

Freakin' sucks. But hey, they're undefeated when I see them for regular season games.

 

[Zaxor]

Don Meredith was drafted in 1960 by the Bears who then traded him to the Cowboys for future draft picks.

Oh I knew that but what I was hinting at is while most believe Lilly to be the first cowboy...I think it was Don

http://www.dallascowboys.com/history_roh_player.cfm?art=7

Meredith spent his entire college and pro careers in Dallas, attending SMU for four years and playing nine for the Cowboys. He was a two-time All-American at SMU where he shattered all of SMU's passing records. The Cowboys, in an attempt to prevent the AFL upstart Dallas Texans from signing Meredith out of college, worked a trade for future draft picks with the Chicago Bears to acquire his rights and allow original Cowboys owner Clint Murchison Jr. to sign him to a personal services contract.