Their first-year training camp conditions were so unpleasant, so shoddy, the players hanged Gil Brandt in effigy for putting them there.
Each week, staff writer Ray Buck takes a look at the history of the Cowboys - from a great game to a singular moment to a memorable player - in his online-exclusive offering, Old 'Boys Club.
- Early training camps were memorable
- A steady voice of Cowboys, Sham was muffled one time
"Voice of the Cowboys" Brad Sham begins his 30th season with the team. It didn’t look as if Sham would get past 19 years when he abruptly was yanked off Jerry Jones’ studio show in ’94, then quit the Cowboys at season’s end to join the ’95 Rangers radio team.
- Cowboys' first big-play man is now the 'cosmic nanny'
Frank Clarke held the Cowboys' record for TD catches in a season until T.O. broke it. But at 74, he has his hands full caring for two small children.
- Danny Villanueva's greatest kicks, then and now
One field goal stands out in Danny Villanueva's memory -- a game-winner at Washington in 1966.
- The Landry Code: You've got to have sacks
You didn't play for Tom Landry if you couldn't rush the quarterback. Sacks were paramount. The Cowboys have been on both ends of "big sack days" in their history. How else can Steve Pelluer share a team record with Troy Aikman?
- Felix Jones has Darren Woodson's number, so to speak
Rookie Felix Jones inherits a jersey number that has been involved in 1,350 tackles for the Dallas Cowboys.
- Pugh had a rocky start to his 14-year career with the Cowboys
LT Jethro Pugh went on to become an integral part of the Cowboys’ original Doomsday Defense.
- Renfro set bar high for corners
Mel Renfro talks about the 1970 season and the best four-game stretch of his career.
- 'Big Daddy' remembered by ex-Cowboys guard
Jim Ray Smith blocked for Jim Brown, befriended “Big Daddy” Lipscomb and played for Paul Brown and Tom Landry.
- "Shopping" for franchise bargains
Imagine that you're on the clock and you can pick as many previously-drafted Cowboys players as time and cart space allow. You're shopping for "best bang for the buck" talent and players the Cowboys had to have.
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