Amidst Jerry Jones’ Surprising Silence, America’s Team Reminisces the Legacy of 79-Year-Old Real-Life Dallas Cowboy

It is a sad day for the Dallas Cowboys as one of the greats of the team has taken his departure from earth at the age of 79. Although the reason for his death is not clear yet, it is speculated that his Alzheimer’s disease was the main culprit of his sad departure. While the Cowboys are already in turmoil, Walt Garrison’s death has added more to the already existing dread of the Cowboys.

Walt Garrison was an interesting character, to say the least. From working in the tobacco industry to doing Rodeos, the man has done it all. His love for Rodeo overshadowed his NFL career till his last moments. Let’s take a look at some of his achievements on and off the field.

Goodbye Walt Garrison

Walt Garrison was a ‘Cowboy and a cowboy’. His love for Rodeo and steer wrestling gave him opportunities that he might not have gotten otherwise. His association with the NFL led him to a tobacco commercial. This was when he was filmed by NFL Films during their campaign to catch their employees and players doing quirky things. The film was seen by US Smokeless Tobacco after he was seen doing snuff (dipping tobacco) on camera.

Garrison’s love for rodeo was more than enough for him to go and casually compete in the local tournaments. He would often to go local steer wrestling tournaments and participate. Just because he liked to do so. According to him, Football and Steer Wrestling had a lot in common, because both were required to run up to someone and take them down, and it’s safe to say that Walt Garrison was good at both.

An Exceptional NFL career

In his NFL career, he has been a Pro Bowler once and won the Super Bowl VI in 1972. He retired at the age of 30 due to a knee injury that he had a history of from his college days. Ironically, his NFL career was ended by something that he truly loved from the depth of his heart, Steer Wrestling. It was steer wrestling that gave Garrison the retiring injury.

Garrison, in his career, appeared in 13 playoff games and 119 regular season games and earned his Pro Bowl selection in 1972 after rushing for 784 yards and scoring 7 touchdowns.

Amid this, we are still waiting for a statement from Jerry Jones about Garrison’s death, but for now, he stays silent.

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The sky has one more lone star as Walt Garrison says his goodbyes.

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