Tom Wade Landry Jr. This is Me

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1. 1. Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame

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   Published on: 5/15/2008   Last Visited: 5/15/2008

   TOM LANDRY
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   Tom Landry was selected as the head coach when the Dallas Cowboys started their first National Football League season in 1960.He remained in that capacity for 29 seasons until new ownership opted for new field leadership after the 1988 campaign.
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   It took Landry a few years to develop his young club into contender status but, once he did, the Cowboys enjoyed exceptional success for more than two decades.
   
   The Cowboys under Landry had their first winning season and their first NFL Eastern Conference championship in 1966.They didn't fall below .500 again until 1986.During that period, Landry's teams had 20 straight winning seasons, 13 divisional championship, five NFC titles and victories in Super Bowls VI and XII.
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   Landry gained a reputation as a great technical innovator, as well as an inspirational leader.He introduced the "flex defense" and "multiple offense" in the 1960s.In the 1970s, he restructured the "shotgun" or "spread" offense and, in the 1980s, he embraced and helped develop the "situation substitution" concept of handling his player talent.
   
   Landry was an excellent player in the pros.He was a defensive back, punter and kick returner with the 1949 New York Yankees in the All-America Football Conference and with the New York Giants in the NFL between 1950 and 1955.He recorded 32 career interceptions and had a 40.9-yard punting average.He served the Giants as a player-coach in 1954 and 1955 before becoming a full-time defensive coach from 1956 to 1959.

2. 2. FATHERS.COM - Biographies

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   Published on: 5/14/2008   Last Visited: 5/14/2008

   In 1988, Casey served as chaplain at the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, and had the same role for the Dallas Cowboys from 1983 to 1988 under Hall of Fame Coach Tom Landry.

3. 3. Tom Landry Memorial

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   Published on: 1/31/2008   Last Visited: 1/31/2008

   Tom Landry Coach Tom Landry
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   Tom Landry, the Dallas Cowboys coach who led "America's Team" to 5 Superbowls and was famous for pacing the sidelines in a business suit, a felt hat, and without a smile, died Saturday, February 12, 2000.
   
   He coached the Cowboys for their first 29 years, won 2 Super Bowls with star quartgerback Roger Staubach. With 270 victories, Tom ranked among the leading coaches in the NFL. He made his mark through innovations in offense and defense and considered them his greatest contributition to the game.
   
   Thomas Wade Landry was born in Mission, Texas, deep in the Rio Grande Valley. After one semester of college, he joined the Army Air Corps and spent 2 years as a bomber pilot in WWII. He flew 30 combat missions and survived a crash landing.
   
   In 1990 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame and in 1993 inducted into the team's "Ring of Honor" at Texas Stadium. Instead of a jersey number, a tiny hat, like the one he wore at the games, hangs next to his name and the years 1960-88.
   
   Landry spent his final years devoted to business endeavors, including being a spokesman for a health insurance company and Christian organizations.
   
   Tom Landry is survived by his wife Alicia Landry, son Tom Landry Jr. and daughter Kitty Phillips. Tom Landry is survived by his wife Alicia Landry, son Tom Landry Jr. and daughter Kitty Phillips.
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   We take this opportunity to acknowledge the contributation Tom Landry made to the world of sports, and the Landry surname. God bless him and may he rest in peace. BACK