How much is Tex Schramm worth?
Net Worth: | $2 Million |
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Profession: | Professional Football Player |
Date of Birth: | June 2, 1920 |
Country: | United States of America |
Height: | Unknown |
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.
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.