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    Coaching stats at PFR. Pro Football Hall of Fame. Thomas Wade Landry (September 11, 1924 – February 12, 2000) was an American professional football coach, player, and World War II veteran. Regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time, [1] he was the first head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL), a ...

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  2. Jul 1, 2020 · Following his nearly 30-year coaching career with Jerry Jones’ Cowboys, Tom Landry settled into retirement for 11 years. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Cowboys’ Ring of Honor in 1993. Then, on February 12, 2000, the father of three died after a battle with leukemia. The 75-year-old left behind his wife of ...

  3. 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.

  4. Jan 5, 2000 · Tom Landry, the Dallas Cowboys coach who led America's Team to five Super Bowls and was famous for pacing the sidelines for three decades wearing a stone face, business suit and felt hat, died...

  5. Mar 20, 2024 · Tom Landry (born September 11, 1924, Mission, Texas, U.S.—died February 12, 2000, Dallas, Texas) was an American professional gridiron football coach, notably with the National Football League (NFL) Dallas Cowboys from 1960 to 1989. He molded the Cowboys into a dominant team from the late 1960s to the early ’80s.

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  7. Feb 13, 2000 · Tom Landry, the taciturn Texan who coached the Dallas Cowboys for their first 29 seasons and led them to five Super Bowls, died last night in Dallas. He was 75. Landry died at Baylor University...

  8. Jun 5, 2018 · Jun 05, 2018 at 10:06 PM. Tom Landry paced the sidelines as the "only head coach" in Dallas Cowboys history for 29 years in his trademark fedora. By the time Landry's coaching career ended following the 1988 season, he had compiled a 270-178-6 record, the third most wins in NFL history.

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