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  1. 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.

  2. 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...

  3. May 28, 2019 · 1. Texas Roots. Landry was born in South Texas' Rio Grande Valley, not far from the Mexican border, in the small town of Mission, on Sept. 11, 1924. His father, Ray Landry, was an auto mechanic...

  4. Career Highlights. Learn More. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Jun 4, 2013 · Follow along as we reveal our list of the top 20 coaches of all time and document the lineage of the league's most influential coaching trees. Tom Landry was the head coach when the Dallas...

  7. Feb 14, 2000 · Wellington Mara, the Giants' co-owner, knew Landry as a former Giants assistant coach and later as the head coach of a chief rival. For 29 years, when the Cowboys came to the New York area to play ...

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