The_Philster
04-16-2003, 09:31 PM
IRVING, Texas (April 16, 2003 8:23 p.m. EDT) - Ever since the Dallas Cowboys dumped him, Tex Schramm has gone to games at Texas Stadium and imagined seeing his name added to the franchise's Ring of Honor.
"I never gave up hope," the 82-year-old Schramm said Wednesday, his eyes filling with tears. "Things that should happen to people that deserve them, usually do happen."
This fall, it finally will for him.
Team owner Jerry Jones, who forced Schramm out 14 years ago, has decided that the man who created the Ring should be in it, too. Schramm will become the 12th member - and he was responsible for bringing the other 11 to the Cowboys....more (http://www.sportserver.com/football/nfl/story/856863p-5999841c.html)
"I never gave up hope," the 82-year-old Schramm said Wednesday, his eyes filling with tears. "Things that should happen to people that deserve them, usually do happen."
This fall, it finally will for him.
Team owner Jerry Jones, who forced Schramm out 14 years ago, has decided that the man who created the Ring should be in it, too. Schramm will become the 12th member - and he was responsible for bringing the other 11 to the Cowboys....more (http://www.sportserver.com/football/nfl/story/856863p-5999841c.html)