Don Meredith

Joseph Don Meredith ( born April 10, 1938 in Mount Vernon, Franklin County, Texas, † December 5, 2010 in Santa Fe, New Mexico), nicknamed " Dandy Don ", a U.S. American football player was. He played as a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League ( NFL).

Career

College

Meredith visited his birthplace in high school and already played there American football. He received in 1957 a scholarship at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and ran 1957-1959 as a starter at the position of quarterback for Southern Methodist University Mustangs, the American football team on his college. A Bowl game, he could not reach with his team, but his individual achievements earned him a 1958 and 1959 respectively the appointment of the All-American. 61% of his passes were caught at college. 14 touchdowns he scored through their own running game, 25 passes by.

Professional

Meredith was drawn from the 1960 Chicago Bears in the NFL Draft on 32 place in the third round and delivered immediately to the newly founded in 1960 as a rival to the Dallas Texans Dallas Cowboys. The Bears thus secured for the future more draft rights, had to leave the Cowboys them in return for Meredith. The head coach of the Cowboys Tom Landry had been committed in the same year and had with Meredith found the quarterback who should lead his team with in the next nine years. In the first two game years Meredith was the first replacement for the experienced Eddie LeBaron. In 1962, he was then able to displace LeBaron and was the starter of the team.

1966 and 1967 could Meredith lead the team twice in the NFL Championship Game, where one was but each narrowly beaten by the Green Bay Packers - 1966 34:27 and 1967 in the so called Ice Bowl with 21:17. Surprisingly, he declared in 1969 end of his career.

Meredith still holds today with 95 yards the club record for the longest touchdown pass.

Honors

Meredith played three times in the Pro Bowl, the final game of the best players of the season. In 1966 he received the Bert Bell Award. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and has been immortalized in the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor. His shirt number is no longer assigned to his college.

After the career

Meredith worked as a sports reporter for the ABC and transferred Football matches. He also worked as an actor and played mainly in television series with.

Off the pitch

Meredith was married three times. He lived in Palm Springs, California, and most recently in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He died of an intracerebral hemorrhage.

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