NMfan;3426996 said:
My a friend ran into a old Dallas Cowboy who had a super-bowl ring on. They talked briefly and the Cowboy said his nickname on the team was "cheese". My friend asked me if I knew who it was and I could not tell him.
Does anyone know who had the nickname cheese on a super-bowl cowboy team?
I don't think there has been a player with that nickname unless it was known only among the players. Don Meredith (he doesn't have a Super Bowl ring though) was the king of giving players nicknames. Walt Garrison discussed that in his book, "Once a Cowboy."
Thomas Henderson gave some players nicknames too I once read.
Not sure of any being handed out by players for the 90's teams.
It'd help narrow it down if he could describe the ring. They have 5 and they are distinct.
Oh, and don't be surprised if it is not a scam. I once ran into a guy who claimed he was a former 6th round draft pick of the Cowboys out of the same USC Defensive Backfield as Ronnie Lott. He had several of my friends convinced and they were dying to introduce him to me. He played the majority of his career for the Chiefs.
The guy was shocked that I called him on it in front of everybody. His name was not Dennis Thurman and it was not Tim Lavender and those were the only 2 DBs the Cowboys drafted out of USC in that era and neither of them were the 6th round.
It would not surprise me to learn that there is somewhere that you can buy rings to look like the Super Bowl rings. I don't know of any such service, but it could exist. They make fake wrestling championship belts, why not fake Super Bowl rings.
I have someone I can ask, but color me skeptical. The best guesses I could give you are Herb Adderley or Forrest Gregg due to their Green Bay ties, and both would be far more likely to wear their Green Bay rings.
Monterey Jack would be too obvious.
