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H BOB LILLY H
Defensive Tackle, 1961-74
INDUCTED – 1980
Before earning the nickname “Mr. Cowboy,” Bob Lilly was the first player ever
drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 1961. So it is fitting that Lilly not only became the
first Cowboys player inducted into the Ring of Honor in 1975, but also became the
franchise’s first player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.
During the course of 14 seasons with the Cowboys, Lilly was named Rookie of
the Year in 1961, was selected to the Pro Bowl a club-record 11-times – 10 consecutive selections between
1964-74 – was named to the All-Pro team seven times and played in two Super Bowls, including the club’s very
first Super Bowl victory, 24-3 over Miami in Super Bowl VI.
As the foundation of the famed “Doomsday Defense,” Lilly’s intensity was readily apparent in an infamous
scene after the Cowboys Super Bowl V loss to the Baltimore Colts when he ripped his helmet off and hurled it
into the air. The following year, the Lilly-led Cowboys defense held Miami to only a field goal in Super Bowl VI,
the fewest points every given up in Super Bowl history.
“The competition is what I love,” Lilly once said. “That makes me a lot more intense. Personalities don’t
enter into it at all. My objective is to get the man with the ball. Nobody better get in my way.”
Lilly is the Cowboys all-time leader in consecutive games played at 196, is tied for second with 14 seasons
played and second all-time with 194 games started. Lilly led the Cowboys in sacks three consecutive
years, beginning with his rookie season.
“A man like that comes along once in a lifetime,” late Cowboys head coach Tom Landry said in 1972. “He
is something a little bit more than great. Nobody is better than Bob Lilly.”
Lilly was a two-time All-American defensive end at Texas Christian University and a two-time all-Southwest
Conference team selection.
He was born July 26, 1939, in Olney, Texas.
LILLY’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
H 11-Time Pro Bowl (Franchise Record)
H 7-Time All-Pro
H NFL 75th Anniversary Team
H AFL-NFL 25-year Anniversary Team
H National Football Foundation Hall of Fame
H Super Bowl VI Title
H 2 NFC Titles
H 4 Eastern Conference Titles
H November 23, 1975 declared “Bob Lilly Day” in Dallas, Texas
H College Football Hall of Fame
Bob Lilly was the first Cowboys player inducted
into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.
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