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Dallas Cowboy Exclusive Interview: Bob Lilly
By Jeff Magnia
The Houston DC Nation held yet another autograph session that brought one of the most legendary players in Dallas Cowboys history to the Houston area. As we all watched the game at Pasadena’s El Rodeo (10531 Gulf Freeway, Pasedena, Texas), the atmosphere was electric not only because the Cowboys were playing the hated, Philadelphia Eagles. It wasn’t just electric because the fact that DeMarco Murray was playing his former teammates for the first time. The electricity was ignited by Bob Lilly, aka “Mr. Cowboy”.
Many of the older fans remember his playing days back in the 1960′s including the tossing of the helmet, which travelled 50 yards after losing to the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl V, 16-13. They also remember the Texas-sized smile he had that included a cigar in his mouth after the Cowboys finally won the Super Bowl the next year against the Miami Dolphins.
Lilly was the first player in Cowboys history drafted in 1961 out of TCU. Some fans are probably scratching their heads, asking 1961? The Dallas Cowboys had their first season in 1960, right? You are right, that first year Dallas wasn’t able to participate in the 1960 NFL Draft. That year, they had a supplemental draft and picked over the “leftovers” that teams didn’t want that first season. It wasn’t until the next year that the Cowboys were able to pick from the college draft. And even then, it wasn’t their true first pick. Dallas had to trade their ’61 first pick to the Washington Commanders for quarterback Eddie LeBaron. Then-general manager, Tex Schramm, orchestrated a trade of their ’62 first round pick to the Cleveland Browns to select Lilly in the ’61 draft...
Read more at http://cover32.com/cowboys/2015/09/...sive-interview-bob-lilly/#Hyv09Teem4hY6tsW.99
