Stuff

I save the ticket stubs from the Cowboy’s games. My wife hates them but I’ve got a couple hundred. I’m thinking about laminating them into a tabletop but I can’t bring myself to permanently set them. I like to pull them out and go thru them to remember the game, who I was with and what was going on at the time. I imagine I look like a sad, pathetic man having good old days syndrome but its fun for me.

I got a couple of Roger Staubach cards. One Rookie Aikman, one Emmit. A couple of other old Cowboys cards………Dorsett, Ed Jones, Randy White, Danny White, Robert Newhouse, Ron Springs, Harvey Martin, Everson Walls, and a Herschel Walker.

Just stuff I had as a kid I kept. Nothing worth a whole lot except the Staubach, Aikman and Emmit cards. The others you almost have to be a Cowboys diehard fan to find value.

My favorite piece of memoribilia is actually a memory!

I went to college in Norfolk, Virginia. Roger Staubach did a Salvation Army drive and speech around the holidays every year in Norfolk. An old teammate of his from Navy was an Admiral at the time in Norfolk and they went out to dinner.

There I was in Elliots on Colley Ave when Roger and his wife and another couple come in. My childhood hero is sitting 5 feet away from me, and I turned and told my girlfriend.

“Do you know who that is?” I asked

“No, who is it” she said.

“That is Roger Staubach the greatest Quarterback to every play the game!” I said

“No it isnt” she responded……..you know how women can be sometimes.

“Do you even know who he is?” I asked incredulously.

“Sure, How do you spell relief ROLAIDS Roger Staubach, and was a QB for the Dallas Cowboys.” She said……she grew up outside NY and had 5 older brothers so she liked football unfortunately she liked the Giants.

“Yeah, I said that is him.” I raised my voice I could no longer contain my voice.

“No it isn’t she said.” Pretty loud as well.

“Wanna bet” I asked.

“Sure, what do we bet?” She asked.

Being in college the way Bluto was in COLLEGE, I immediately responded……

“A case of BEER!”

“Sure.” she said.

Roger his wife, and the Admiral and his wife are literally sitting at the next table in a small room with us. They hear the whole conversation. Roger reaches over puts his hand on the table, wearing not his Super Bowl ring. No he is classier than that. Wearing his United States Naval Academy Ring. Places his hand on the table, with the ring on his hand looks here in the eye and says…..

“Pay the man!”

We all laughed. In a classy act he signed like 40 napkins some waiter brought over, I did not want to bother him for an autograph so I never asked but after dinner we all left and about the same time. He was standing on the curb, and I just shook his hand and said Roger, you were my childhood hero, and you never let me down on or off the field. Thanks for the memories. He just smiled and shook my hand and thanked me. Classy guy. I am sure he is still very active with charities and most likely the Salvation Army. I did not get an autograph but I got a story I can tell the grandkids. Unfortunately I won’t be having them with that girlfriend……..but hey not everything works out especially with a Giants fan!

Sean buy a glass tabletop with some felt or rubber stoppers. Leave enough room so the water does go through to the tickets. Decorate a piece of paper or some kind of appropriate background. Then place your tickes under the glass and on the table top. You got the best of both worlds.

A friend of mine did that with his Deadhead ticket stubbs after Jerry Garcia died. Ever time you have dinner he looks down and tries to remember the show where the ticket stub is from…….sometimes he can actually recall something of it. His wife went to most of em with him so she loves it too.

My deal is hats..lol…I think I have about 27 right now,NFC champs,Superbowl,etc….BUT I do have the “real” deal…..a Troy Aikman signed real Wilson NFL ball…….:D

i ink dat thee cowdoys wils wins the suberboll.

parcells for president!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think my favorite is my Emmit Smith jersey I use to wear when I was a kid. We use to play football in my back yard and I was of course, non other than Mr. Smith. It got its share of dirt and tear. Parts of the 22 are missing and there is a little rip in the sholder. It holds a lot of memories and hope to one day frame it.

I have a 54 Randy White mesh jersey, a vintage staubach jersey and an Emmit Smith Jersey with the picteure of Emmitt kneeking on the Star at Mid Field before he went out and beat the Giants with one arm.

I brought my very first Boys flag in 1986 and still have it. It has been to with me through thick and thin and has traveled with me to every country (9), me being prior military of course. I fly that flag the day of every Boys game and the days I somehow forget my wife and children remain me (they are not Boys fans). So if you have items that you hold true and dear to you, don’t be shy about displaying them. A proud fan in San Antonio.

Jon,

Great memory. I remember as a kid having my Grandfather take me to the Thanksgiving game, an annual tradition. He was an original bond holder for Texas stadium and every year my family would meet in Dallas for the game and Thanksgiving dinner (which occurred before the game on late games, after for the early game).

That year, we watched as the Cowboys played a poor game and Washingon was running up the score. Roger gets knocked and the game looked hopeless. We left our seats and headed for the car.

We heard the roar and turned on the radio. Some no name QB named Clint Longely just threw a score and they were driving again. I got to listen to the greatest Thanksgiving game ’cause Granddad wanted to miss the traffic.

Before Rick Reilly’s column, SI did the “Point After” on the last page of each issue. I still have the blow up of Alvin Harper dunking the ball over the goal post in the Super Bowl with Michael Irvin (helmet off) looking on with a smile from ear to ear. Good stuff.

Quick question?

Does anyone have a game tape/DVD of the Cowboy-Charger game last Sunday? Here in Philadelphia, even with Direct TV Sunday Ticket, we missed the first drive of the game due to the Panthers-Saints game. I would be willing to provide shipping and handling cost for the material. Thanks a lot. Plus I’d like to watch that finish again!

One other thing, I felt Brees was over the line of scrimmage on the first TD pass, any thoughts?

i have my michael irvin rookie card, The first hat i ever bought, a shark tooth hat (remeber those) and a poster of the 52-17 blowout of buffalo displaying haley, aikman, smith, and irvin in the rose bowl.

I guess just about all I’ve got is in football cards, though I’ve got a ton of that. I’ve also got an old Cowboys aluminum trash can from the 80s or early 90s. It’s not in great shape, but it’s pretty decent.

A few months ago I was going through some old papers, and I found a piece of paper that was folded up. I was wondering who’s number it was so I opened it up. To my surprise it was a signature. It took me a minute to make out the last name, but I knew the first name was Tony. The first name that cam to my mind was Casillas, since it was scribbled so badly it looked like a C at the beginning. Then I saw the number 33. I had Tony Dorsett’s autograph and I don’t even remember meeting him. From what I’m told I did get the autograph in person as a kid. I guess all that pounding from football did have an affect on me.

When I was at Utah State University, the Cowboys charity basketball team, came and played the alumni in a charity basketball game. I was able to meet some of the players and get autographs from Tony Hill, Tony Dorsett, Harvey Martin, Alvin Harper (who was dunking the ball left and right) and Eugene Lockhart.

One of the cool things that I had was the team leader card from 1978, with pics of Hill, Dorsett, Martin, and Benny Barnes. I was able to get the 3 signatures from Hill, Dorsett and Martin on their photos. Pretty cool. I also got a football signed by Alvin Harper, and twice by Tony Hill (must have had it come around twice to him.)

I also have a Tony Dorsett autograph on his rookie card, and an autographed football from him as well.

One of the funnest mementos that I have is a foul ball that I caught (on the fly, thank you very much) hit by Johnny Damon when he was playing with Royals. No better feeling than catching a real foul ball.

I have the program from the Super Bowl that was played in Pasadena against the Bills. It was compliments of a friend of mine that was a Bills fan and lost a bet with me on the game.

I collected cards from 1990 to 94, since then, they occupy a lot of space…

Okay, not memorabilia here, but i DID buy the Dallas Cowboys DVD set. Ya’ll seen this thing? It’s called, “The Dallas Cowboys: The Complete History or America’s Team, 1960-2003”

It’s a full length, fully narrated double DVD set with TONS of footage, interviews, and highlights form the early days, all the way up to the Parcells era. It’s got the hiring of Landry, the feud with the ‘Skins (there’s more to it than you think), Meredith, the Cotton Bowl, Longley’s Thanksgiving day comeback, Doomsday, Dorsett, the FIRST Hail Mary pass, Jerry Jones’ arrival- all that stuff. It even explains how Dallas came to be known as “America’s Team”.

The second disk is a COMPLETE GAME- the 1992 NFC Championship game between the Cowboys and the Niners in the 90’s- one of the greatest games ever played.

It is a MUST HAVE for every Cowboy fan. They’ve since made sets for several other teams, but Dallas and Green bay were the first. (GB’s feature game is the damn Ice Bowl.)

I got my copy at Best Buy. I freak’n tear up during the Staubach retirement footage… and when Jimmy yells, “How ’bout them Cowboys” in the locker room after they beat the niners.

More than anything, though, I really appreciate the title. The “America’s Team” moniker is ours. We earned it. It’s satisfying that this official NFL films production reiterates that (And also confirms that they used to call Staubach “Captain America”) I never believed my brothers, who grew up in the 70’s, when they told me that… As a Marvel fan, well, that’s just freaking cool!

Ya’ll are really missing out if you don’t own this DVD set.

“The Dallas Cowboys: The Complete History OF America’s Team, 1960-2003”

…damn typos…

I am not much of a collector. The only thing I have is a football autograhed by Rayfield Wright. He was traveling with Meadowlark Lemon in one of his many different basketball teams that was passing through our area. The team ate fish with the community at a local fish restaurant. Mr. Wright who was one of my childhood heroes signed the football for me and my son. It is a cherished posession. My son has some football cards including several cowboy players, but that is about it. I worked in the computer section of a local embrodiery company for a while and I did make a hat that had the Arkansas Cowboys embrodiered on it. It was after Jerry Jones unceremonially dumped Tom Landry. I was upset with the move and eventually got over it and quit wearing the hat.

Rich

That is an excellent DVD set and I watch it often! I like the Washington game highlights where the Boys fans sing happy birthday to then QB Joe Theisman as the Boys show them another big L.

What I have that I probably enjoy the most is a photo I cut out of the newspaper of Drew Pearson after he just caught the Hail Mary pass from Roger Staubach and is headed to the end zone with two Vikes players in the background.

That was the catch of the Dallas Cowboys. I’ll tell you something…I am liking this Crayton fellow. He, in a lot of ways, reminds me of Pearson. He’s kind of a gritty player and an unheralded college player.

He could turn out to be the steal of his draft if he continues to imporove.

XX XXX … [stupid imposter post deleted]

there’s a really good write-up on Dan Campbell on the Cowboys website, “Better Listen to Captain Dan”. Had no idea he was such a leader.

Check it out if you haven’t.

Chandus,

ewwwwwwwwwwe

C’mon, CASH.

Wasn’t it you who declared your “man-crush” for Terrell Owens last week? You were obsessing over his jock-strap, as I recall…

Pervo….

Candus,

Don’t mind CASH. That’s how 1st graders show they like you. Next he’ll be chasing you around the playground. Then comes the sleep-over and the tickle fights….

You go, Cash. And don’t worry… we won’t tell T.O.

Captain Dan!!

Great stuff!

That HAS to become Campbell’s official nickname from now on.

rich, what the hell are you talking about? I said TO was physically more imposing and you went on to brag about Irvin’s inseam and berated me for even suggesting that TO was something more than your beloved Irvin whom you said that you would stalk at training camps or some jibberish like that.

I have a numbered football from the ‘93 Superbowl that Aikman signed when I waited on him back when I live in Nashville in the 90’s. He was with Lorie Morgan at the time. I lost my job because I asked him for it. Also I have a Dorsette rookie card.

cash…

“Dorsette?” Tony’s sister???

I’ve got the requisite Cowboy cards, including a 2nd year Staubach (almost a rookie), a rookie Dorsett and some others.

Also have a 8×10 BW autographed glossy of Staubach. My Dad got it for me. He ran a celebrity auction at our church when I was 9. It was the trendy thing then. Contacted the Cowboys, got the glossy, then bid high on it for me. Pretty cool. No idea what he paid.

Also have a few newspapers and magazines, including one by SI in 95 called “A week with America’s Team,” and a 6-pk of collector Coca Cola bottles that came out after SBXXX. Five SB logos and one “Cowboys are great” bottle.

Got that 40th DVD too. I agree. It’s cool.

CASH,

Hey, man. I’m not judging you and Owens. I just question your taste in guys is all.

And yes, I saw Irvin at a training camp once and simply stated he was not a “runt”, as you suggested by your comparison between he and your boy, Terrell.

I never approached him, and certainly DIDN’T LOSE MY JOB fawning over the guy….

That’s just desperate, dude.

1. Saying TO is bigger than Irvin, is not calling him a runt. Obiviously you only watch one game a week except on bye weeks, which isn’t suprising given your lack of X’s and O’s knowledge.

2. If you want to taste guys that’s your problem don’t project it onto me.

3. I fawned over no one. I had waited on Lori Morgan before, she requested my service, she brough Aikman in, and I had my football ready for him to sign with her permission. I was a policy of the restraunt that I not do that, and so I was fired. After hearing your story of watching a multi hour Cowboys DVD with a box of tissues and tube of lotion I thought you of all people could understand why I had to take a once of a life time opportunity to increase that football’s value about a thousand dollars.

Rich and Cash-Do you really have to let a fake post take over the site?
Memorabilia-I cut up everything I had and made posters and had them all over my ROOM!-Disappeared when I went to college
I’m ordering a history DVD from Netflix-anyone know if it’s the same one as above?

Why would I worry about what a first grader says? But seriously, I don’t know if that was Cash that writed under my name… So I won’t offend him… As always Raul and Rafael have the last word on guys that take some else name.

Oh, and BTW, for the record, I don’t write with the caps button always on….

CAAASHHHH,

Just kidding, dude! Now, I would play that whole “Why are you crying, You need a hug?” crap you dropped on me when I get irritated at you that one time (over Price, I believe), but I won’t.

Really, dude. It’s a fake Chadus post (I think…), and I’m just messing with ya. I know what you meant about Owens, and yeah, I’d have gotten Troy’s autograph, too.

“… when I GOT irritated at you that one time….”

damn typos.

one of my favorite things i have is a book full of cards sign
by every player that hade a card made in 92-93 i live in austin tx.so i got to see them every day. dam i sure miss the boys in town.

All I have now is a Plastic wall Plaque and a Dallas Hankie. Actually I have numerous Cowboy polos, Had more but my beautiful wife (this will be justified later) added bleach to my dark clothes while she was trying to do laundry and now I got a bunch of tie-dyed looking crap that will soon be replaced. My dad told me once"Son if you can see a woman’s boobs from behind, MARRY HER! I did, so now I guess you get what you pay for! I recently added a Dallas/Chargers game ticket so I’m off and running again. While I was in Iraq for Desert Storm my mom sent me my Dallas Hankie so I would come home safe. I keep it with me to this day.

Let’s see … probably the most prized possessions I have are (1) official NFL football with autographs of Tony Hill, Drew Pearson, Larry Brown, Russell Maryland and BillieJo Dupree, (2) Mini football with Tony Hill and “Tony Dorsett #33 HOF” and (3) 8×10 plaque with the Playmakers autograph.

I’ve also got Lee Roy Jordan’s autograph as well as Dorsett’s autograph on the 2001 MNF program (against the Redskins) when they unveiled Coach Landry’s statue outside Gate #1. And, of course, I got to meet and talk to Ed Jones, Harvey Martin and Preston Pearson in 1999 after the 20-0 plunking of the Dolphins on Thanksgiving (Jimmy’s return to Dallas; Deion’s 2 INTs, Dextor’s INT return to start the scoring, Marino’s 5 INTs … ah, yes, memories…). I was a guest of the travel agent and was priveledged enough to spend a lot of time talking to Harvey Martin (his daughter was there) about the old players and how they rate today (God rest his soul). A gentle man, who, BTW, hated the Redskins… :lol:

I’ve got others as well – I hope to get Mel Renfro to autograph my Ring Of Honor poster this Christmas. Of course, it will be outdated by then, so I may have to get another one before that happens. Plus a bunch of Sporting News and SI mags with the guys on it – the best is probably the SI one with Emmitt lounging on a raft in a pool with thighs that would make Robert Newhouse proud.

That’s about it … I just started… :roll:

Yah guys, the fakers are upon us. I did not write the earlier post on this thread which carries my name.

James:

I think that was another “James”, not an imposter…

But I’m watching …

Raul,
Shall I change my name? If so, can I use your paypal to solicit donations to pay the stinkin’ lawyer? LOL!

Can you guys believe last year the Cowboys lead the league in holding opponents to a league low 17.5 kickoff return???Well help is on the way cuz Davis will be back on ST also(our best tackler)

Rafael: this was a great idea for a thread. I’ve enjoyed knowing I’m not the only Cowboys geek out there.

Rafael,

It’s Cowboys vs. Redskins weekend…

How preview thread?

Well guys what I collect are jerserys’. So far I have Troy Aikman, Emmith Smith, Michael Irvin, and Larry Allen, those four are my oldest. My newest are (3) Roy Williams, Terrance Newman, Dat Nguyen, Keyshawn Johnson, Jason Witten, Julius Jones, and lately I am about to get Demarcus Ware as soon as he reaches five sacks!!!

*Roy Williams is an animal, and is our leader in the defense!!
*Demarcus Ware looks to be the reincarnation of a combo of Charles Haley and L.T.

comments?

I have an autographed portrait photo of Tom Landry – black and white – pretty cool.

A Landry photo would be cool……..I am actually having a garage sell this weekend, and was digging through some old stuff………I have several books about Tom Landry……..even a couple of Football Cards with the Coach on the sideline hat on head, tie and jacket………the classic silhouette he always showed while pacing the sidelines.

While I was glad with the eventual results of the Jimmy and Jerry era. It was also a big sad switch in SPORTS from a hobby of Rich men, to the Income and Money machine that is now the NFL Monopoly. I mean that is what it is, XFL USFL both tried and failed. While I like the business approach that Jerry Jones brings, and do think unlike Brian Billick and Art Modell that he does treat his players even the cut ones with class.

The firing of Tom Landry and the selling of the team, was the beginning of an era in sports. Not sure it is a better era.

I have the authentic troy aikman jersey that wasn’t cheap it was 350 off of ebay and selling it for 400 if anybody wants it just look it up and if any body knows how to get a micheal irving authentic jersey tell me please i have been trying to get that one for a while now

Does anyone know of somewhere to buy broadcast tapes of old games? I’d like to get copies of the NFC championship games (with Madden/Somerall play by play) and not the NFL hightlight reels. I miss the old King Kong vs Godzilla days… and you need the color commentary to make it all the more real. email me at sm235@yahoo if so… thanks.

i just finished building my house. my basement/home theater is dedicated to the dallas cowboys. i have all the walls full of 8×10’s/posters,flags vintage/rare jerseys(ex.robert newhouse#44)and other trinkets. i had a carpet company come out and cut a star in the middle of the room and iron in a star. when people come over they cant beleive how dazzling the room looks. they dont want to leave. i made the mistake of unveiling it when the cowboys played the skins a few weeks ago-30 people from my office were there-29 of them were skins fans-after the skins scored the last touchdown i kicked them all out,even my regional vice president. but anyway-im looking for that 1980’s “doomsday poster”if anyone knws where i can find one let me know.thanx-go cowboys!!!!!