Walt Garrison, who won a Super Bowl with theDallas Cowboysand competed as arodeocowboy, has died at 79.
TheNFLteam posted the notice on its website Thursday that Garrison died overnight.
It did not give a cause of death.
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Garrison played nine years in Dallas and retired in 1974 as the No.
3 rusher and No.
4 receiver in franchise history.
He is still fourth on Dallas all-time list with 4.32 yards per carry and ninth with 3,491 rushing yards.
But it was Garrisons rodeo career that made him stand out.
I wasnt starting, Garrison recalled.
I was returning punts and kicks and covering on the kamikaze squad, thats all I was doing.
And hell, you could get hurt worse on them than you could rodeoing.
I didnt think much about it, but the Cowboys did.
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Garrison was eventually told to give up his moonlighting during the season.
After that, he confined his rodeo career to the off-season.
Unfortunately, Garrison tore up his knee in 1975 while steer wrestling.
He was forced to retire at age 30.
He is a member of the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma State Athletics Hall of Honor.
No information on survivors or memorial plans was immediately available.
