40 years ago today

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10:17a, 11/4/24

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I got Tom Landry's autograph in the Texas Stadium parking lot as he was headed in for the game (against the NYG, I believe). Mom took this picture right before. I'm not in the picture though.

A moment I will never forget. I wish I had still had autograph, but my father had it, and we were estranged when he died. I have no idea what happened to it.

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10:19a, 11/4/24

who?

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10:22a, 11/4/24

I remember those days. When the Cowboys actually won their games.

“If you’re going to have crime it should at least be organized crime”
-Havelock Vetinari

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10:24a, 11/4/24

Awwww….the Denver broncos

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10:29a, 11/4/24

OP - You kind of buried the lead in that post. Seems like there's a bigger story than Landry's autograph.

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10:40a, 11/4/24

AG

Bobby Hill goes to school there.

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11:06a, 11/4/24

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There isn't one shoe logo to be found anywhere on this coach!

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12:23p, 11/4/24

Your mom took a picture of other kids but not you?

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1:45p, 11/4/24

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November 4 was my maternal grandmother's birthday. I can remember a lot of things that happened on that day and where I was. I can remember 45 years ago today (hostages taken in Iran).

It absolutely blows my mind that it's been 40 years since I got Tom Landry's autograph. That was 7th grade.

EDIT - Rule #1 on my grandmother.

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2:02p, 11/4/24

Gramma, grampa seem like cool people.

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In reply to UTExan • 2:04p, 11/4/24

UTExan said:
I remember those days. When the Cowboys actually won their games.

Actually, they didn't start their Super Bowl streak until they fired his old ass and hired Jimmy.

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In reply to Martin Q. Blank • 2:13p, 11/4/24

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Give him his due. They appeared in 5 Super Bowls in an 8 season stretch in the 70s. If Jackie Smith hadn't dropped a touchdown pass in SB XIII, they might be remembered as the team of the decade instead of the Steelers.

By 1986 it was time for him to retire. He coached two more seasons before Jerry bought the team and canned him.

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2:37p, 11/4/24

Don't you post this every year?

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Quote:
Don't you post this every year?

Do I? Why don't you buy a star and find out?

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9:02p, 11/4/24

I remember being in 6th grade and not having a good grasp of economics, I thought Tom Landry was going to be homeless since he didn't have a job after Jerry cut him. I hated Jerry more than anything bc all I could think of was Landry sitting on a sidewalk in that hat, asking for money.

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