Dallas Cowboys trivia thread

THUMPER said:
This is a trick question because Landry didn't play in the NFL in 1949. He was a member of the AAFC New York Yankees that season and played both HB and DB.

He joined the NFL with the New York Giants in 1950.
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Nope.

In 1949, Tom Landry joined cross town NY Football team NY Bulldogs. In 1950, he moved over to the NY Giants. After the 1949 season, the Bulldogs became the Yankees in 1950. The Bulldogs only existed for one season, 1949. They had originally been the Boston Yanks prior to that. In 1950, the Browns, the 49ers and the Colts all became part of the NFL as intact franchises. The other teams associated with the AAFC were disbanned and players were distributed throughout the NFL via Draft. That's how Coach Landry ended up with the Giants. A bit of a trick question, your correct, but it was the Bulldogs. I notice that in many pieces, they are refered to as the Yankees but that is not correct. In 1949 only, they were the Bulldogs.
 
ABQCOWBOY said:
Nope.

In 1949, Tom Landry joined cross town NY Football team NY Bulldogs. In 1950, he moved over to the NY Giants. After the 1949 season, the Bulldogs became the Yankees in 1950. The Bulldogs only existed for one season, 1949. They had originally been the Boston Yanks prior to that. In 1950, the Browns, the 49ers and the Colts all became part of the NFL as intact franchises. The other teams associated with the AAFC were disbanned and players were distributed throughout the NFL via Draft. That's how Coach Landry ended up with the Giants. A bit of a trick question, your correct, but it was the Bulldogs. I notice that in many pieces, they are refered to as the Yankees but that is not correct. In 1949 only, they were the Bulldogs.
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Can you post a link? I found 4 sources that all say The Yankees. Nothing on Bulldogs.

Not doubting you ABQ, I just need peace of mind.
 
Give you another one. In 1954, Tom Landry was a player coach for the New York Giants. He became the DC and Coach Vince Lambardi was the OC. However, there was another player on that team that would eventually become a HC in the NFL. Who was it and who was his son?
 
Hostile said:
Can you post a link? I found 4 sources that all say The Yankees. Nothing on Bulldogs.

Not doubting you ABQ, I just need peace of mind.
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I did. It is the post just prior to yours.

When I read this, I was actually surprised as well. I had always seen Yankees but read this and was stupified.
 
ABQCOWBOY said:
Nope.

In 1949, Tom Landry joined cross town NY Football team NY Bulldogs. In 1950, he moved over to the NY Giants. After the 1949 season, the Bulldogs became the Yankees in 1950. The Bulldogs only existed for one season, 1949. They had originally been the Boston Yanks prior to that. In 1950, the Browns, the 49ers and the Colts all became part of the NFL as intact franchises. The other teams associated with the AAFC were disbanned and players were distributed throughout the NFL via Draft. That's how Coach Landry ended up with the Giants. A bit of a trick question, your correct, but it was the Bulldogs. I notice that in many pieces, they are refered to as the Yankees but that is not correct. In 1949 only, they were the Bulldogs.
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I'm sorry, but I can find no evidence that Landry ever played for the Bulldogs. I have several sources that show him with the AAFC NY Yankees in 1949.

http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/landrytom.shtml

http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=119

http://www.***BANNED-URL***/s/dws/spe/2000/landryspecial/landrygiants.htm

http://football.about.com/cs/legends/p/tomlandry.htm

http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/landry/

It would appear that your source is faulty.
 
ABQCOWBOY said:
Give you another one. In 1954, Tom Landry was a player coach for the New York Giants. He became the DC and Coach Vince Lambardi was the OC. However, there was another player on that team that would eventually become a HC in the NFL. Who was it and who was his son?
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Dick Nolan.

And his son is Mike Nolan.
 
This second round draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys returned two kickoffs for touchdowns in his rookie year.
 
Went back and looked at Tom Landry's autobiography and found something interesting:

During the 1949 Orange Bowl vs Georgia, Landry had to play the entire game, both offense and defense but had one of his best games rushing for 117 yards on 17 carries.

"The timing couldn't have been better. As I walked off the field after the game Jack White, an assistant coach with the football Yankees, stopped me, pulled a contract out of his pocket and handed it to me. I signed that night for a $6000 salary - big money in those days. But what excited me more was the $500 signing bonus. With that I could afford to get married!"
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Landry had known since the end of the 1948 season that the AAFC New York Yankees had drafted him. He had already been drafted by the NFL NY Giants in 1946 (when his original class was supposed to graduate) but he had another 3 years of college to go due to his stint in the Army (Air Corps). The Giants had ventured a 7th round pick on him as a "future" player.

Landry was an outstanding DB and punter as well as a HB and could fill in at QB when needed.
 
THUMPER said:
I'm sorry, but I can find no evidence that Landry ever played for the Bulldogs. I have several sources that show him with the AAFC NY Yankees in 1949.

http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/landrytom.shtml

http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=119

http://www.***BANNED-URL***/s/dws/spe/2000/landryspecial/landrygiants.htm

http://football.about.com/cs/legends/p/tomlandry.htm

http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/landry/

It would appear that your source is faulty.
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Don't understand how you come to that conclusion. The link presented clearly gives a time line that clearly indicates they were the Yanks in 48 and the yanks in 50 but the Bulldogs in 49. Doesn't really matter. The link is there. Take it or leave it for what it is.
 
ZeroClub said:
This second round draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys returned two kickoffs for touchdowns in his rookie year.
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Mel Renfro
 
ABQCOWBOY said:
Don't understand how you come to that conclusion. The link presented clearly gives a time line but that's clearly indicates they were the Yanks in 48 and the yanks in 50 but the Bulldogs in 49. Doesn't really matter. The link is there. Take it or leave it for what it is.
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I'm sorry, I gave you several links which I consider to have validity which all clearly show that Landry played for the AAFC Yankees in 1949 and all you have is a single source, which is far from reliable, that says otherwise.

I have also quoted directly from his autobiography (with Gregg Lewis, C1990, page 80) where Landry says he signed with the AAFC Yankees.

I can find more proof if you still need it...

Also, it doesn't matter that the Bulldogs were around in 1949, the fact is that Landry NEVER played for them.

Lastly, in case you are looking for a loophole, when the AAFC merged with the NFL in 1950 the Yankees folded but since the Giants had drafted Landry in 1946 they still held his rights so he signed with them. There was never a time when he was with the Bulldogs.
 
Chief said:
Mel Renfro
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That's a great guess, but not the correct answer.

Renfro was a 2nd round pick, and early in his career was a return guy too.

He also returned two kickoffs for TDs, but this didn't happen in his rookie year.
 
ZeroClub said:
That's a great guess, but not the correct answer.

Renfro was a 2nd round pick, and early in his career was a return guy too.

He also returned two kickoffs for TDs, but this didn't happen in his rookie year.
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Mark Washington?
 
ZeroClub said:
This second round draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys returned two kickoffs for touchdowns in his rookie year.
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I am going to guess Kevin Williams.
 
ABQCOWBOY said:
http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/football/profootball/nflhistory.htm

Here is another link that indicates the name of the team was changed from the BullDogs to Yankees in 1950.
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So what, that doesn't matter and I'm not arguing that point with you. The fact is that Landry NEVER played for them.

Nothing on either of the links you provided shows that he did. Just that there was a team named the Bulldogs in 1949.
 
Chief said:
Mark Washington?
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No. He was a good player though.

This guy is a little more obscure than Washington. The guy I'm talking about had a short career.
 
THUMPER said:
I'm sorry, I gave you several links which I consider to have validity which all clearly show that Landry played for the AAFC Yankees in 1949 and all you have is a single source, which is far from reliable, that says otherwise.

I have also quoted directly from his autobiography (with Gregg Lewis, C1990, page 80) where Landry says he signed with the AAFC Yankees.

I can find more proof if you still need it...

Also, it doesn't matter that the Bulldogs were around in 1949, the fact is that Landry NEVER played for them.

Lastly, in case you are looking for a loophole, when the AAFC merged with the NFL in 1950 the Yankees folded but since the Giants had drafted Landry in 1946 they still held his rights so he signed with them. There was never a time when he was with the Bulldogs.
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Two links cleary say the Yanks came from Boston and became the Bulldogs in 49. Then again became the Yankees. I'm just posting the links off a quick search. I'm sorry you don't find them credible. Not much I can do about it. Not much I would want to. I haven't searched anymore then just the quick search. Suppose I could but to what end?
 
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