TripletDaddy |
12-15-2007 06:21 PM |
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Originally Posted by RockyBalboa
(Post 163787)
I've never lived in Dallas,,,but I've been a Cowboys fan since I was a kid as well.
I grew up watching Tony Dorsett, Danny White, Drew Pearson, Too Tall Jones, Randy White...etc....and have just been a fan ever since.
Even during the sucky 1-15 year and the craptacular years they had back then I stuck by them.
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Not sure if you know, but the Cowboys used to practice every summer in Thousand Oaks, CA through the mid-to-late 80s. They would practice at Cal Lutheran College, which was about 10 blocks from my house. As a kid, in the summer we would ride bikes over to the practice field and watch the practices in the mid morning. If you were one of the lucky kids, one of the players would let you carry his helmet from the fields to the dorms as they left for lunch and afternoon meetings.
I was not a cowboys fan, nor am I now, but they definitely treated the kids very well. The players would take pics and sign things. I met Danny White and Tony Dorsett, as well as The Hat. By "met," I mean it was like, "Hi Coach!" "Hi, kid."
One time we were at the Oaks Mall and saw a group of large black dudes wearing short shorts, linen shirts, and crocodile loafers walking around shopping and signing autographs. They were Cowboys players. I knew then that I wanted to play in the NFL and have my own pair of crocodile loafers.
Fast forward 25 years. As i type this, it is obvious that I will never play in the NFL, so it may be time for me to focus entirely on getting the pair of crocodile loafers.
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