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Tex Schramm

Awards And Accomplishments



1960 Hired Tom Landry as coach and Gil Brandt as personnel director for new NFL team in Dallas
1966 Engineered merger of AFL into NFL with AFL founder Lamar Hunt
1970 Negotiated four-year contract with NFL Players Association
1977 Named NFL Executive of the Year by Sporting News
1978 Bert Bell Award for outstanding executive leadership in the NFL
1987 Father of the Year by Dallas Father of the Year Committee and the New York-based Father's Day Council Inc.
1991 Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame

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