Yesterday the world shrank a bit more with the passing of former Dallas Cowboy Quarterback and Monday Night Football Broadcaster Dandy Don Meredith.
Meredith was the original quarterback for the Cowboys signing a contract them in November 1959, two months before the team was accepted into the NFL. Dallas was the only team he played for from 1960 through 1968, retiring at age 31.
Dandy Don was the took his team to the NFL Championship game in 1966 and 1967 playing against Green Bay in the famous Ice Bowl Game.
For those of you old enough to remember, Don Meredith became part of the Monday Night Football broadcasting team of Howard Cosell and Frank Gifford. It was there that he earned his nick name Dandy Don. His presence in the booth won that hearts of fans all across the country. He had a very laid back personality and a great sense of humor. His wit was rapier sharp, he was the only person who could go toe to toe with the acerbic Cosell in a smack down and win and win he did, Howard was no match for the country boy from Mount Vernon, Texas.
Many a time the Monday night games would get boring and out of hand. The outcome would become obvious and Meredith would pronounce the game over with his singing of Turn Out The Lights The Partys' Over.
Sadly Don Meredith is gone at age 72 from a brain hemorrhage he suffered at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was with his wife and daughter when he died yesterday.
Good bye Don, thanks for the memories.
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