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While the Dallas Cowboys are on a bye this week I thought it would be fun to go back in time a bit. Friday November 22, 2013 will mark the 50 year anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. No team was more affected by the Kennedy assassination than the Cowboys. First of all it happened in their city. For years when people mentioned being from Dallas they heard replies, “You killed our President.” Dallas did not kill President Kennedy. Whether you believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone or not is irrelevant. The fact is Dallas did not kill the President. When you see the footage of the assassination Dallas is out in force showing the President their love.
Ironically enough that day in 1963 was also a Friday. As the motorcade turned onto Dealey Plaza and past the Texas Book Depository three shots were heard just over 10 seconds apart. The third shot was the fatal one. The one that took the President’s life and changed the world. It also changed things for the Dallas Cowboys in ways you might not know.
Let’s start with the fact that the NFL for some unfathomable reason decided to play their games that weekend. The AFL did not play their games as scheduled. That second fact is often neglected to be reported because most people only talk about the fact that the Cowboys did play. The Cowboys were made to travel to Ohio to face the Cleveland Browns. Cowboys players often recount the discomfort the felt in the days following the Kennedy assassination as they too heard the “You killed our President” accusations. Dallas was known as a city of hate in the eyes of many. I have actually had one football fan tell me he could never root for the Cowboys as I do because “They killed my president.”
While the Dallas Cowboys are on a bye this week I thought it would be fun to go back in time a bit. Friday November 22, 2013 will mark the 50 year anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. No team was more affected by the Kennedy assassination than the Cowboys. First of all it happened in their city. For years when people mentioned being from Dallas they heard replies, “You killed our President.” Dallas did not kill President Kennedy. Whether you believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone or not is irrelevant. The fact is Dallas did not kill the President. When you see the footage of the assassination Dallas is out in force showing the President their love.
Ironically enough that day in 1963 was also a Friday. As the motorcade turned onto Dealey Plaza and past the Texas Book Depository three shots were heard just over 10 seconds apart. The third shot was the fatal one. The one that took the President’s life and changed the world. It also changed things for the Dallas Cowboys in ways you might not know.
Let’s start with the fact that the NFL for some unfathomable reason decided to play their games that weekend. The AFL did not play their games as scheduled. That second fact is often neglected to be reported because most people only talk about the fact that the Cowboys did play. The Cowboys were made to travel to Ohio to face the Cleveland Browns. Cowboys players often recount the discomfort the felt in the days following the Kennedy assassination as they too heard the “You killed our President” accusations. Dallas was known as a city of hate in the eyes of many. I have actually had one football fan tell me he could never root for the Cowboys as I do because “They killed my president.”