Was your Dad a Cowboy fan?

[CowboyFrog]

He and my mother were Huge Cowboys Fans from Day 1, you could get kicked out of our house on Sundays for saying something bad about the Cowboys with my Mother around...my Sister was grounded for saying "I really like the black and yellow Jerseys" on the wrong Sunday.

 

[ClappingCarrot]

Yes. Growing up in the Charlotte area before the Panthers came to town, we all had to find a team to root for and the Cowboys and Washington were on TV the most down here. My dad and I don't have a relationship anymore, but the Cowboys will always be a tie that binds us.

We didn't go to church on Sundays, we watched Emmitt.

 

[John813]

Yes. He got upset when Jimmy left and started watching Miami once he went there. Still is a fan, but still hates Jones over that dispute.

 

[shabazz]

Why just ask about Dads? Why not ask about Moms? Or those who identify as Dadmoms?

Such a misogynistic and bigoted group here…..

I feel you on that

I started a similar thread a couple years back that was titled, “ How Many of Y’all’s Mom played High School or College Football”…….and surprisingly enough, nobody responded to it……go figure

 

[FrankM]

I don’t think my dad had a favorite team. He passed away in 1980. He grew up in NY, so I’m going to assume he liked the Giants or the Jets.

 

[Bobhaze]

So my dad was a giant fan but I remember watching the Giants play the Cowboys in 1962-63 and I liked the team with the star. My son became a Cowboy fan because of me. Your story?

Yes. My dad took me to my first Cowboys game in 1964 when I was 6 years old. That was when the Cowboys played in the Cotton Bowl. I remember how beautiful the field and the uniforms looked.

My dad was huge Cowboys fan and he took my brother and I to many games over the years at both the Cotton Bowl and Texas Stadium. I have been to all 3 stadiums to see games- Texas Stadium was/is my favorite.

I raised my 3 grown sons as Cowboys fans and we watched every game each week together until they were in high school. Sadly, all 3 have mostly left being Cowboys fans because of the poor playoff performance of the last 3 decades. My oldest son (who is now 39) was 12 when the Cowboys last played in a SB. My youngest was 7. Somewhere along the way they all became either Mavericks or Stars fans.

 

[CowboyFrog]

Yes. My dad took me to my first Cowboys game in 1964 when I was 6 years old. That was when the Cowboys played in the Cotton Bowl. I remember how beautiful the field and the uniforms looked.

My dad was huge Cowboys fan and he took my brother and I to many games over the years at both the Cotton Bowl and Texas Stadium. I have been to all 3 stadiums to see games- Texas Stadium was/is my favorite.

I raised my 3 grown sons as Cowboys fans and we watched every game each week together until they were in high school. Sadly, all 3 have mostly left being Cowboys fans because of the poor playoff performance of the last 3 decades. My oldest son (who is now 39) was 12 when the Cowboys last played in a SB. My youngest was 7. Somewhere along the way they all became either Mavericks or Stars fans.

My whole family watches all 3 teams almost every game (and the Rangers but to a lesser extent) we have a text thread with like 20 family memebers so basically we all watch the games together..lol 3 generations on the thread for all 3 teams.

 

[InPhiltraitor]

Dad was a hardcore Eagles fan. I grew up listening to him amuse himself when he referred to Dorsett as Dorsh*tt.

My constant bickering with him when I was young probably played a role in me being a Cowboys fan. Once I started rooting for the 'Boys I never turned back.

As I grew a little older I started countering his Dorsh*tt with crafty names for Eagles players. Dad's retorts were swift and to the point. Dad classics like, "Shut up or I'll knock you into the third stage of polio, and I'll hit you so hard your shirt tail will fly up like a window blind" were accompanied with his blue-eyed gaze. Of course he never followed through as he was truly the best with one glaring fault - Philadelphia sports teams!

Miss you Pops!

 

[Creeper]

My dad was a huge baseball fan, not as much of a football fan. But he hated the NY Giants even though we were originally from NY. He was a fan of Tom Landry. He became a Cowboys fan when Landry was hired to coach them. That definitely influenced me when I began to take interest in pro football. When I was a kid there just weren't many games on TV so being a fan of a non-local team was pretty tough. My dad pushed my brother and I into baseball and the NY Yankees more than football.

 

[Jake]

So my dad was a giant fan but I remember watching the Giants play the Cowboys in 1962-63 and I liked the team with the star. My son became a Cowboy fan because of me. Your story?

My dad was a Browns, as was my older brother. Me, being several years younger, found the early 70s Browns boring. Then, I saw Roger Staubach...

 

[Hadenough]

My Dad was a Dolphins fan. Not sure why but I think it was because he liked Don Shula. I told all my kids DONT become a Cowboys fan. Choose a good team you like and stick with whoever you choose.

 

[HanD]

Yes. Dad has only ever followed the cowboys. Raised me right. Lol

 

[Point-of-the-Star]

My dad wasn't around until after I was in my late teens and then we developed a relationship. He was a dolphins fan, typical for him as he thought they'd be great . . . another misjudgement by him. After I was out of HS he spent the next 24 years in Alaska.

I was raised by my maternal grandparents with my GF being the strong male presence in the family. I got a lot from him but not the Cowboy fandom. I found the Cowboys in TV in 1966 and I started watching them and soon hooked the rest of the family. Always had a couple of uncles, my grandparents, and mom around. I think they all got on board around '68 or '69. By the early '70's they were hooked. I have fond memories of my grandfather cussing Craig Morton for throwing interceptions.

So I converted the whole family to the Cowboys. When I was real young I remember them , as a family, sitting around on Saturdays watching baseball (usually the Yankees or dodgers) with PeeWee Reese and Dizzy Dean. Even though I played football was always king of my interests. In 1966 I was 12.

 

[MS17]

Dad was a Washington Commanders fan (with Sonny Jurgenson throwing to Bobby Mitchell, Charlie Taylor in D.C. Stadium) during mid-1960's. Sadly, Dad died when he was 46 and a few years later, after the Ice Bowl game at Green Bay(1968), I became a Cowboys fan.

 

[Teague31]

No clue who my father is but I hope not.

 

[john van brocklin]

So my dad was a giant fan but I remember watching the Giants play the Cowboys in 1962-63 and I liked the team with the star. My son became a Cowboy fan because of me. Your story?

My Dad does not like the Cowboys.
I do, so we agree to disagree.

 

[CowboyFanInLexKy]

I loved reading all of these stories.... I was born in 1970. My Dad was (and still is) a Miami Dolphins fan... So much that I remember when I was 5 years old, my dad flew out to try out for the Miami Dolphins... He didn't get anywhere with them but has all my respect for at least trying out... At the time, (he still is short) he was 5'6 220 lbs and was a brickhouse. He was working for the Los Angeles Police Dept from 1965 to 1995 and retired from there.

I remember curling up with him as a 6 year old boy watching football. He was watching the Dolphins play (I can't remember the team). But he started flipping channels during commercial breaks when he came across a Cowboys/49ers game... I got him to stay on that channel and we watched that game. I became a Cowboys fan instantly.

 

[Bullflop]

My Dad didn't really care about football much, if at all. He was a boxing fan and boxed in cellar fights as a youngster. They were called "smokers." It got him $50 per fight if he won and zilch if he didn't. I got hooked on the Cowboys when Bob Hayes became a Cowboy WR. I've been an avid Cowboys fan ever since then,

 

[805BoysInBlue]

No, my dad kinda left my life for a few crucial years. He's never really been into football, actually we don't have much in common to be honest. I became a fan because I was gifted cowboys gear due to the fact we didn't have much. I wore hand me down cowboys t shirts so I had no choice but to defend them.

 

[TheGoat73]

Didn’t matter who my dad liked. There was a Cowboys Cheerleaders show back to back with KISS Meets the Phantom. Big night of TV!

It was the Pom poms and boots that got me.