Did You Have a Favorite Cowboy Who Wasn't a Star?

[dallasgirl12]

Drew Pearson

 

[Clove]

Butch Johnson - Preston Pearson - Danny White - Everson Walls - Michael Downs - Rafael Septien - Doug Donley - QB Sweeney - Kenny Gant (shark) - Ken Norton Jr. - BTW, I made my list before reading any of the posts so I wouldn't be influenced.

 

[Eanwen]

For short career, I'm going with Reggie Collier. I don't think he ever actually played a down. I just liked him because he was the qb for the USFL Orlando Renegades . As far as I knew, that was our first pro team, in any sport. I couldn't afford to go to the games but I listened to them (lose ) on the radio. I was about 5 10 miles from the stadium, but even so I could hear the cheering and music coming from the stadium.

 

[Monster Heel]

Jay Ratliff

 

[THUMPER]

#23 James Jones
Average running back. Tried hard but just could not stay healthy.

If I remember right, he threw two TD passes to Danny White.
One in the 1983 game against the Raiders game Dallas lost (can you say Marc Wilson) and one in the Browns game in 1985 which Dallas won.

Actually, the 15-yard TD pass Danny White caught in 1983 was thrown by Ron Springs, not James Jones.

 

[Goldenrichards83]

Tony Hill, Golden Richards and Billy Joe Dupree and Danny White.

 

[Cowboy Bill Watts]

pettis norman. tight end from 1962-1970. he was traded after the 1970 season to san diego for lance alworth.

pettis norman...

kinda dates me, doesn't it

:laugh2:

 

[arync]

Billy Jo Dupree

 

[pancakeman]

What about greats from other teams coming to be roleplayers? Rodney Peete, Bernie Kosar, even Herschel Walker II.

 

[Tobal]

Mike Downs

Randy Hughes

Eugene "the hitting machine" Lockhart

Bennie Barnes

Ron Springs - I always hated that Shawn wasn't a Cowboy

Dexter Clinkscale (no clue why, just really liked him)

Larry Brown

Robert Newhouse

Sorry can't limit it very easy... some of the teams these guys played on weren't the greatest, but they gave me some hope.

 

[BruceWayne]

Dexter Coakley
Danny White
Everson Walls
Bill Bates
Tony Hill
Alvin Harper

 

[Chief]

I knew this one would be yours.

As if I don't have enough to do, I may make it my pet project to find this guy. I talked to Robert Newhouse several years ago and he had no idea where Dennison is.

 

[Bach]

How can anyone mention Drew Pearson? I guess some people have a different idea of what a star is. IMO, Drew was one of the Cowboys all-time greats.

 

[InmanRoshi]

Kelvin Martin.

 

[trickblue]

As if I don't have enough to do, I may make it my pet project to find this guy. I talked to Robert Newhouse several years ago and he had no idea where Dennison is.

You need one of these, Chief...

http://www.amazon.com/I-Love-Doug-D...r_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&qid=1210262014&sr=8-3

 

[CF74]

Bill Bates and Doug Cosbie.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I was a HUGE fan of Wayne McGarity while he was here. While he didn't last long, and most probably didn't like him, I really liked that guy. Wish he could have had a longer career here.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

This is a great one. I really liked Pugh. Really good call to me.

There are a few I liked over the years. I liked Billy Joe Dupree a lot. I never thought he got his due. I like Rafferty a lot. Another guy I thought was under rated. I liked Lockhart a lot. He played for a team that was terrible and never got his due IMO. Benny Barnes was a heck of a DB but he will always be remebered as the guy who gave up the catches in the big games. He played well but those catches from Swann were just unbelievable. Dennis Thurman, to me, was another one of those guys. He just kept everything together. Really liked him. Bob Bruenig and DD Lewis were both very under rated playes for us. John Dutton was another guy who was overshadowed. Came over from Baltimore and played well for us. Never got his credit. Herb Scott, John Fitzgerald, Ralph Neely, Pat Donovan, Jim Cooper, really none of those 70s OLs outside of Wright got there due IMO. I don't think that Tui ever really got his due either. I really liked Newhouse. He was a great player. Walt Garrison and George Andrie, Dave Manders, Doug Cosbie, Dave Edwards, Dan Reeves never go this due here, as a player or a coach. He is one of the real great Cowboys that never has been recognized IMO. Tolbert, heck I never thought Harvey Martin was ever really reconginzed for as great a player as he was. Too Tall and Randy White but Harvey, to me, never got his due. I guess I like all of them but if I had to pick just one, I'd say Jim Jeffcoat. To me, Jeffcoat's career fell between two real great teams. He always came to play. He did all the little things that you never notice and he made plays week in and week out. Never missed time, never talked, never complained, just did a good job for us. He came in in 83, which was the tail end of the real great teams and left in 94 but he was not a starter for us after 91 so a lot of younger fans never really saw him play in his prime. He was a great situational player for us 92 - 94 but he never really got his due IMO. I guess I'd pick Jeffcoat.

 

[bbgun]

This is a great one. I really liked Pugh. Really good call to me.

I forgot that he played through the '77 season. Talk about longevity.

http://img183.*************/img183/1305/001351465yh2.jpg

 

[Big Country]

Patrick Jeffers WR
Ryan McNeil CB

I think McNeil was a hired gun from FA, but I wish Dallas would have found a way to keep him... the following years of CB play after he left was forgettable