Tex Schramm Net Worth

How much is Tex Schramm worth?

Net Worth:$2 Million
Profession:Professional Football Player
Date of Birth:June 2, 1920
Country:United States of America
Height:
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About Tex Schramm

Texas Earnest Schramm Jr. was a football executive who served as the Dallas Cowboys franchise’s first president and general manager in the National Football League. When the Cowboys, a former expansion team, began play in 1960, Schramm, more often known as “Tex” was named head coach.

American football executive Tex Schramm had an inflation-adjusted net worth of $2 million dollars at the time of his death, in 2003. Schramm was known for advocating for a number of changes and innovations that helped modernize the NFL.

Born: June 2, 1920, San Gabriel, California

Died: July 15, 2003

Best Known For : Tex Schramm is best known for transforming the Dallas Cowboys expansion franchise of the 1960s into “America’s Team”.

Career Highlights and Accomplishments:

  • arranged for the American Football League and NFL to combine in 1966.
  • Established the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
  • introduced the NFL on Thanksgiving to the country.
  • Leading the implementation of instant replay in game refereeing
  • Provided the head referee with a microphone to pronounce penalties
  • Reduced the playback timer
  • Contributed to the creation of a six-division wild-card playoff format.
  • Was the first to suggest utilizing a sports anchorman to introduce important sporting events on television.
  • Developed the NFL’s first real scouting system.
  • Changed the clock on the scoreboard to reflect the official game time.
  • To allow for more offenses, hash markings were moved toward the middle of the field.
  • Created the sudden-death overtime concept for severing relationships
  • To protect quarterbacks, the in-the-grasp rule was put into effect.
  • Made it possible for quarterbacks to squander time by tossing the ball into the ground.
  • Made head slaps by defensive linemen unlawful

In addition,

  • created the Cowboys Ring of Honor
  • Made Pete Rozelle the Los Angeles Rams’ public relations director, giving him his first NFL job.
  • From 1966 through 1988, he served as the NFL Competition Committee’s chair.
  • Selected by The Sporting News as the NFL Executive of the Year in 1977.
  • In 1978, he won the Bert Bell award for the NFL’s best executive leadership.
  • Officially inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on July 27, 1991, after being inducted on January 26, 1991.

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