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Deal
Murchison had tried to purchase the Washington Redskins from Marshall in 1958. An agreement was struck, but as the deal was about to be finalized, Marshall called for a change in terms. This infuriated Murchison and he called off the deal. -
Beginning
The Dallas Cowboys became an expansion team into the NFL in 1960. -
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Dallas Cowboys
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Jerry Jones
Jerry Jones is a business man he had purchased the Dallas Cowboys from H.R. "Bum" Bright for 140 million. Soon after he had bought the team he had fired a longtime coach Tom Landry and a few months after that he had forced out general manager Tex Schramm and took total control over all of the football matters. -
Success
The Cowboys' streak of 160 sold-out regular and post-season games began in 1990, and included 79 straight sellouts at their former home, Texas Stadium, and 81 straight sell-outs on the road. -
Super Bowl
After Jones first Super Bowl victory the media really started to be interested in him and the Cowboys. So it was everywhere you had seen Jones and him team. -
Wind Storm
On May 2, 2009, the Dallas Cowboys' practice facility collapsed during a wind storm. The collapse left twelve Cowboys players and coaches injured. Rich Behm, the team's 33-year-old scouting assistant was permanently paralyzed from the waist down after his spine was severed. -
Article
Forbes Magazine an article dated July 15, 2013 says that the Cowboys as the second highest valued sports franchise in the history of the United States and fifth in the entire world.
