What Made You A Cowboys Fan?

[BrAinPaiNt]

When Jerry bragged about Troy in the shower.

 

[haleyrules]

JG. I'm a big fan.

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[GimmeTheBall!]

Roger, the Star and a deck of cards with the cheerleaders on them

I once had a deck of cards with lovely layyydees on them that me uncle, who worked as a ticket taker on the two-decker buses, gave me with a wink. Looking back, I wished that the layyyydees were wholesome cheerleaders and not tired old women in various poses who looked bored and resentful. Me schoolmaster sent a note to me mum and me free milk and pudding allotment at school was ended.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

When Jerry bragged about Troy in the shower.

He liked Troy's love of hygiene?

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

deion sanders......i was 8, don't judge me

In me opinion, reform school does not work, mate. Just look at you, lad.

 

[mrmojo]

Roger, the unique uniform, and the Star.....and always being in playoffs and SBs in my youth helped...

 

[Hardline]

My dad was a fan since 1960. He passed it to me when my first conscious memory of the Dallas Cowboys was Super Bowl 12 when they beat Denver.

 

[CF74]

Dad raised me right...

 

[Bay10]

A 99 yard Tony Dorsett run vs the Vikings on a Monday Night many moons ago. I was watching this game with my uncles and counsins and they went wild. I became a fan on that play as a kid.

 

[QuikZ06]

When Jimmy Johnson took over as coach. Im a huge Miami Hurricanes fan and when he left The U, I started following the Boys. When I was younger I'll admit I did like the Chicago Bears, still one of the greatest team ever if you ask me (85 Bears)

 

[Yuma Cactus]

My father (a Packer fan) hating on and cheering when Jim O'brien kicked the game winner against Dallas in SB V.

I saw the ice bowl - lived in Iowa then dad was huge GB fan - so I turned to the cowboys then moved to Dallas in the late 80's

had cousins in ARK so became a fan of them

 

[Tabascocat]

My dad was a fan since 1960. He passed it to me when my first conscious memory of the Dallas Cowboys was Super Bowl 12 when they beat Denver.

My first vivid memory too.

 

[Cowboys_22]

Meredith to Bob Hayes.

Ditto times 1000

 

[WarDaddy]

Emmitt Smith. I played middle school football in the early nineties and he was who I modeled my game after. I'm sorry to say that I was a Giants fan back then due to their performance in the Super Bowl against the Bills. Plus, I was a fan of their coach at the time.

Though I liked the Giants, I had to watch the Cowboys game because I could relate so much to Emmitt. After 5 or so seasons of watching all the games I could that involved Emmitt, I gave in and became a Cowboys fan. This was like 97-98.

It's been a labor of love ever since because we haven't won jack $!&@.

 

[yimyammer]

I lived about a half a mile from where they had their practice facility (off Forest and Abrams near LBJ for anyone else reading from or familiar with Dallas). As a result, I grew up with the players kids (the Liscio;s, Mel Renfros, Robert Newhouse, etc, etc), and several players lived on my street). We could go knock on their door and the wives were always nice and had signed photographs of the players ready to give out (kicking myself for not holding onto these).

We used to go watch the team practice from the balcony of a hotel next to the practice field or when the hotel ran us off, we'd stand on egg crates so we could look over the fence. We'd dig through the dumpster and find used pads, shirts and all kinds of stuff, then hang around outside to try and talk to or get autographs from the players on their way home.

The practice facilities have come a LONG way from this:

Landry coached and pretty much won every season from the time I started being a fan at 5 years old until I graduated from high school. Everyone I grew up with were rabid Cowboy fans and Landry, et al spoiled us rotten. The team was like an extended family and they'll always have my heart, I'll never be a fan of any other team and no other team in any other sport comes remotely close to the ridiculous level of attachment I have to the Cowboys, its really strange when I think about it.

 

[LatinMind]

Week 17 of 94 when Emmett balled with a seperated shoulder did it for me. How about the rest of ya'll?

87 Hershal Walker vs NE

 

[jobberone]

Bob Hayes was the WR who gave me the impetus to become a Cowboys addict. That was back in 1965, when football wasn't for those NFL players and QBs who weren't looking to expect any mercy calls from the refs. Inflicting pain and receiving it was a constant back then to a far greater degree than what we see today. Bullet Bob ran past DBs and left them standing like they were standing still. He changed the way defensive backs played in the NFL. The zone defense was largely the result of DCs creating a way to cope with his blazing speed.

Was a Hayes fan pre-Olympics then he got drafted by the Boys. That's when I became a fan actually in 63 but I always go by 64. That final leg in the 400 meter was the greatest sports performance I've ever seen. Not even his shoes!

 

[big dog cowboy]

What Made You A Cowboys Fan?

 

[Rack]

Tony Dorsett. Still my favorite cowboy.

 

[DanTanna]

In 1971 the Cowboys came to St. Louis where I lived as a young boy. I went to the game and liked the "Star" on the helmet. Moved to Seguin in 72 and saw that "Star" again and it was love since then.