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JohnL2288;2087194 said:
that's right.......you know they say memory is the first to go ;)

Actually, they say the memory is the SECOND thing to go.

I can't remember what the first thing was though. :D
 

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Jordan55;2087208 said:
I don't think those guys played together, but I may be wrong.
anybody know?

Lilly's last season was '74, so they did play together.
 

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Jordan55;2087208 said:
I don't think those guys played together, but I may be wrong.
anybody know?
Just one season. Lilly's last and Too Tall's first.

Edit...oops. Already answered.
 

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In the first (top) picture -

That's ESPN's Tom Jackson who is watching Drew Pearson run away with the ball.
 

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bbgun;2087151 said:
Next to Herschel to Minnesota, or perhaps the Dorsett-Seattle trade, the Morton trade was the franchise's biggest heist. Still not sure why we drafted him in the first round in '65. After all, Don was still young and Roger was in the pipeline.

The Boys drafted Morton because he had a cannon for an arm, maybe the strongest in the league.
 

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notherbob;2087458 said:
The Boys drafted Morton because he had a cannon for an arm, maybe the strongest in the league.

Yup.

Also -- Didn't Morton suffer a shoulder injury as a Cowboy, after which he was never quite the same?
 

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Thanks for posting BB.

I guess the thing that gets me about those old time pics more than anything else is how small the players look compared to todays players. That top pic of Drew Pearson and the one of Golden Richards especially.

Boy those sure bring back some memories.
 

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big dog cowboy;2087517 said:
Thanks for posting BB.

I guess the thing that gets me about those old time pics more than anything else is how small the players look compared to todays players. That top pic of Drew Pearson and the one of Golden Richards especially.

Boy those sure bring back some memories.

Oh I don't know. There are plenty of guys playing today who are as small or smaller than Pearson and Richards (like Crayton or those smurfs in Washington). The trenches are a different matter.
 

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ZeroClub;2087470 said:
Yup.

Also -- Didn't Morton suffer a shoulder injury as a Cowboy, after which he was never quite the same?

Yes, I don't remember if it was an arm or a shoulder, but he was never the same again - he just couldn't put the zip on the ball he used to. Staubach beat him out on intangibles, not arm strength.
 

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notherbob;2087626 said:
Yes, I don't remember if it was an arm or a shoulder, but he was never the same again - he just couldn't put the zip on the ball he used to. Staubach beat him out on intangibles, not arm strength.

Maybe on this play.

http://img227.*************/img227/382/47290epo0.jpg
 

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I think his elbow was bothering him early on, then it was his shoulder. He was somewhat fragile.
Actually you remember that the Boys really did not think they would get anything out of the Staubach pick. Morton was supposed to be the guy who would take over from Meredith.
 

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Great pics / great memories............they don't make face masks like they use to. :)
 
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