A three-story mansion in San Antonio's Monte Vista Historic District once owned by powerful oilman Clint Murchison has hit the market for $1.5 million. And what a world it was. It is the story of the late Burl Osborne, former chairman of "The Associated Press" and publisher of "The Dallas Morning News," who waged and won one of the last great newspaper wars in the United States. Most of it was written over the last 30 years, beginning before my son was born and culminating in recent years as I listened to what my son knew about the Dallas Cowboys and professional football. His grandfather founded the First National Bank in Athens. For the most part, Murchison was a hands-off owner, delegating a great deal of operational control of the Cowboys to general manager Tex Schramm, head coach Tom Landry and scouting/personnel director Gil Brandt. Both have become huge moneymakers and a part of American sports mythology. Despite sporting radically different personalities, the two agreed to co-own the Cowboys via their partnership, with each owning half of the 90% of total ownership. I read the other day that Tom Landry has little time for or interest in professional football these days. Now he has a 16-year-old son who sees the team and the sport very differently than he did. Clint Jr. had begun as an undergraduate at MIT but was soon derailed by World War II, which led to his induction in the Marine Corps, via the U.S. Navys V-12 program. It represented a new vanguard in American stadia, just as its predecessor had when it opened for football on a sunlit afternoon on Oct. 24, 1971, with halfback Duane Thomas notching its first score on a 56-yard touchdown run that served as a lyrical foreshadowing of what would happen months later: The Cowboys captured their first championship, beating the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI in New Orleans by the lopsided score of 243. The club came apart from the top. [8], According to some conspiracy theorists, Murchison's home in Dallas hosted a meeting on the evening of November 21, 1963 (one day before the assassination of John F Kennedy). Before going to the stadium we stopped to pick up our tickets at the Cowboys towers on Central Expressway. [11] Texas Stadium was the first dedicated football stadium to offer luxury suites. The City of Irving will also host the authors, on Dec. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Irving Archives and Museum, 801 W. Irving Blvd., Irving. , Dimensions How different are the very rich from you and me? Flanker Max Magee played drunk and caught two TD passes-one of them using only one hand and the side of his head. He could barely speak and had hired ex-Redskins quarterback Billy Kilmer to assist him with standing and walking. (for me)in this is the one, Clint Murchison, Sr. who founded the fortunes in the oilfield . Dare we say it, but that was precisely the model that became the antithesis of how Jones runs the Cowboys. Adjusted for inflation, that amounts to roughly $2.8 million in 2020. His elder son, John, won Wall Street's biggest proxy fight, developed the Vail, Colorada ski resort, and was a noted jet-setter. He believed his team would be good, even special, for years to come. Tex and Tom couldnt keep their areas of responsibility defined. He was 63 years old. Historians credit the teams success for giving the City of Dallas a point of pride and a way to recover from the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. His executives had the authority to make important decisions without consulting him, and he never coached from the corner or second-guessed them, Woolley wrote. I made $ 11.000, arid my rent was $ 180 a month for a furnished one-bedroom. Its 70 acres now eat up multiple blocks, housing museums and a school for the performing arts, in addition to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Opera and the Tony Award-winning Dallas Theater Center. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Bright said Mr. Murchison replied with a letter that read: ''Dear Ed, you are full of prunes. He was at top speed by his second step and hit like a freight train. I cant see how theyre only a 7-point favorite. Despite politics and religious issues being banned at the station, it was stopped when the Swedish government introduced new legislation in the spring of 1962, criminalizing the act of buying commercials on the station. Construction on the vast estate began in 1936, and the home was designed by noted architect Anton Korn, according to The Dallas Morning News archives. Unable to strike a deal with city leaders to build a new stadium in downtown Dallas, Murchison selected a site in nearby Irving. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. It sits on property that was part of the Dallas Polo Club in the 1920s, she said. On January 31, 1993, he was euphoric. John later went to Yale but quit to join the Army Air Corps when World War II broke out. Mr. Murchison, who had been debilitated by a neurological disorder, was admitted to Gaston Episcopal Hospital here about two weeks ago, said Sandy McCoy, an associate administrator of the hospital. In biblical terms, the story of the Cowboys financial empire is one of Clint begat Jerry. This was the same man who almost fired me in 1968 for getting Kenny Rogers a sideline photographers pass. He believed his team would be good, even special, for years to come. Dallas sportswriter Blackie Sherrod attributed the Cowboys' success to two rare possessions of Clint Murchison: a bottomless pocketbook and patience.[8]. His hires included Tex Schramm as general manager and Tom Landry as head coach. I was an account executive for Tracy-Locke advertising and we were handling a new Frito-Lay product called Doritos. The university offered to reinstate him if he would rat out his fellow gamblers he refused. Lewis said, Texas Stadium has a hole in its roof so God can watch His favorite team play., Texas Stadium was the first NFL stadium to use seat option bonds to help pay construction costs. Jones even managed to land the Jan. 1, 2021, Rose Bowl game, which, because of the pandemic, could not be played in its traditional home in Pasadena, Calif. All in a days work. Murchison suggested hiring Landry away from his job as a defensive coach with the New York Giants. And those who saved their cash were going to be the losers., The Boss, Clinton Williams Murchison Sr., was fond of saying he liked to do business through a formula expressed through the homespun homily financin by finaglin. Clint Sr. soon thrust himself into a pantheon of Texas wheeler-dealers that enumerated such fellow giants as Sid Richardson, H.L. Robert Murchison notes that Pop was out of town much of their childhood looking after his business interests, thus John and Dad were raised by a loving aunt, grandmother and wonderful servants., Looking for a new chapter after the death of his wife and son, Clint Sr. moved to Dallas, where he rapidly expanded his burgeoning portfolio. Even so, Clint Jr. created a football team that compiled a record 20 consecutive winning seasons, from 1966 through 1985; appeared in five Super Bowls, winning two; and came to be known as Americas Team. Then thru the 70's it all starts to fall apart as Clint jr made dumber and more leveraged deals that thru off little cash. Free to hear the presentation, $30 to buy the book. It was, however, a natural fit for Clint Jr., who for the first and only time in his life was surrounded by people whose intelligence mirrored his. His failure is just one of the ways Hole in the Roof embraces a double meaning. Then Clint slowly lifted his cane and smilingly pointed at the front of Carters pullover shirt. Please try again. COMING IN 2022 FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS. Editors note: This excerpt from Hole in the Roof: The Dallas Cowboys, Clint Murchison Jr., and the Stadium That Changed American Sports Forever, by Burk Murchison and News staff writer Michael Granberry, is reprinted with permission from Texas A&M University Press. [14] In February 1985, he had to file for personal bankruptcy protection after three creditors, the Toronto-Dominion Bank, the Kona-Post Corporation and Citicorp, filed a petition to force him into bankruptcy. Do your best every day. You left it all on the field and youre 29 years old with your life stretching out in front of you like a thousand miles of bad road. Carter and the latest version of the Cowboys have a lot in common. Clinton Williams Murchison Jr. was a businessman and founder of the Dallas Cowboys football team. By leaving most football matters in the hands of operations staff, Murchison did not create an atmosphere of second guessing and arguments over player selection or credit for the team's success. The Los Angeles coliseum was half empty, and the crowd was asked to sit opposite the press box so that TV audiences would have the impression that there were lots of people in attendance. Despite Mr. Murchison's financial problems and failing health, friends and business acquaintances said he remained a cheerful and optimistic man. The Cowboys played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas since their inception in 1960. Hunt and Hugh Roy Cullen, American folk heroes in the making. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. . See the article in its original context from. I stood holding Carter in my arms, and it was an awkward moment. He reacted to his rejection by threatening to slit the throat of loan manager Johnell Bryant, who told him she was skilled in the martial arts, which scared him away. His father loved to stay borrowed up to the hilt. A 'Wheeler-Dealer' Nature. Not that it was much of a game. Yep. From the beginning, Clint saw it as far more than a place to play games. Johnson didnt just try and patch up for the next year, Carter continues. [4] Better seats required the purchase of multiple bonds with the best seats requiring the purchase of four bonds for a total of $1,000. The Aaron Family Jewish Community Center of Dallas will also host the authors, on Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. at the center, 7900 Northaven Road, Dallas. The Cowboys and the Super Bowl have come a long way from that close encounter we had in 1966-67. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. [7] On the eve of the Dallas Cowboys' first Super Bowl he wrote to coach Tom Landry, Dear Tom: I have taught you all I can. The assets of the company being acquired are then used as collateral for the loan. Even the staid Cullens found. Dallas will jam up the running lanes and shut down Thurman Thomas, Carter tells me early in the week before the Super Bowl. Watch what they do to Buffalo. Her second book, published in 1994, is "BLOOD RICH: When Oil Billions, High Fashion, and Royal Intimacies Are Not Enough." He returned to Athens and worked in the bank until the outbreak of World War I, when he joined the Army. Theyve got free agency, and theyre going to live and play in the NFL forever. THE ONLY TIME I HAVE BEEN in Texas Stadium, for a 1982 game, I took Carter with me. As Woolley wrote, The Boss and his sons got into the construction business, for instance, with only $20,000 of their money and an $80,000 promissory note. MARY LEVY, HEAD COACH of the Buffalo Bills, will tell you that the greatest football player he ever coached was Don Perkins at New Mexico in the late 50s. The ship Bon Jour was later renamed Mi Amigo, and after docking for almost a year in Galveston, Texas she sailed for southern England to become Radio Atlanta (McLendon began his radio career in the small town of Atlanta, Texas).
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