Recently Deceased Cowboys Legend Walt Garrison Once Shared a Surprising Anecdote About His Iconic Coach Tom Landry

It is a tough day for the Dallas Cowboys as one of their greats, Walt Garrison has reached a sudden demise at the age of 79. However, his memories live on. Garrison’s love for rodeo and steer wrestling put an end to his NFL career due to a knee injury. But under Coach Tom Landry, Garrison had a phenomenal career, a career that is a benchmark for fullbacks across the league, and especially for the Dallas Cowboys. Coach Landry was a man of God and advocated a drug-free life for the Cowboys.

Coach Landry sported a fedora on the sidelines, but under the hat, he was a very stern man. Perhaps this stern nature is what led the Cowboys to the Super Bowl multiple times in his 3-decade career. In the wake of Walt Garrison’s sad demise, we look at the past and give the highest praises to one of the greatest coaches in the NFL, who passed away circa 2000. An interesting anecdote surfaced on the internet mourning the loss of Garrison and Coach Landry.

Walt Garrison looks back in time

A post from Traces of Texas on X gives us a little insight into what kind of coach Tom Landry was. And there was no better man to tell the tale than the late Walt Garrison. Though the coach had a serious aura, for Garrison it didn’t mean he couldn’t use a bit of humor. Back in the day, Garrison mentioned, “People ask me, did I ever see Coach [Tom] Landry smile? And I tell them, ‘No, but I only played for the Cowboys for nine years.'”

Well, for a World War 2 veteran who crash-landed a Cessna in Ennis, Texas, it might be valid that he had a stony look on his face. Coach Landry and Walt Garrison took the Super Bowl VI in 1972 and Landry was one of the reasons that put Garrison’s steer wrestling career to a halt. Walt Garrison was inducted in the Pro Bowl and it came as a silver lining after he gave up the Rodeo. He amassed 784 rushing yards and 7 touchdowns in 1972, the same year the Cowboys won the SB VI.

Sadly, Jerry Jones, after buying the Dallas Cowboys for $140 million approximately, didn’t take long to fire Tom Landry. It is said that they have been at an impasse for some reason. There is not a statement from Jones regarding Walt Garrison’s passing either.

A look into Tom Landry’s life

Tom Landry coached the Dallas Cowboys for 29 seasons and took them into five Super Bowls, out of which the Cowboys won two of them. His ability to adapt to the field and his innovation might come from his World War 2 days and might be the reason behind his unshakable personality. Landry and the Cowboys took the SB VI and SB XII along with 20 consecutive winning seasons, with appearances in SB V, X, and XIII.

Apart from his career as a pilot in World War 2, and his career as a coach, Landry was a defensive back in the New York Yankees (a team in the AFC back then) for a season, before moving on to play for the New York Giants for six seasons. Not to forget his collegiate career in Texas. Thanks to Jim Lee Howell, Landry was introduced to the coaching side of things. He was put in charge of the Giants’ defense in 1954. Though he was an active player, he might not have looked back at the game as a player. He invented the 4-3 alignment as the DB and the coach for the NY Giants.

Coincidentally, Coach Landry and Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the iconic comic strip ‘Peanuts’, and the character ‘Charlie Brown’ departed on the same day. A Detroit Free Press cartoonist drew them together, entering the gates of heaven.

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Schulz was depicted as Charlie Brown, and Landry had his arm around him. Landry said, “Now a few pointers on kicking a football…”

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