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Tom landry s widow cheering for washington and the eagles. Yes, according to the widow of the legendary cowboys coach who says in a new book that landry was so disgusted by jerry jones treatment of him during and after. Spiderman takes on dallas cowboys, xmen takes on state fair. Tom landry and the dallas cowboys comic book 1973 1 copy. Tom landry and the dallas cowboys comic book covers gallery. Soon after the purchase, he fired longtime coach tom landry, to that point the only coach in the teams history, in favor of his old teammate at arkansas, jimmy johnson.
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