Remembering Tom Landry

If you’re a Dallas Cowboys fan, you have to go the State Fair and check out the Tom Landry Personal Collection exhibit. The first head coach of the Cowboys was always one of my heroes.

He made that team into America’s Team with some of the greatest players to ever play the game like Bob Lilly and Roger Staubach (who will be at PowerLunch on Oct. 19) and so many more....

I go way back with the Cowboys...I’ve been a longtime fan and I even sold popcorn and peanuts at the Cotton Bowl for a couple of seasons. (I think that’s where I developed my preaching skills!)

I always admired Coach Landry and his strong Christian faith and his devotion to his family and his integrity. One of my greatest memories was hosting him at PowerLunch. He was always very clear: faith first, family second and football third ... And he lived out those priorities in life.

Coach Landry will always be known as “The Man in the Hat” ... And who will ever forget his calm and dignified demeanor on the sidelines? His character and demeanor and style and how he treated his players was always reflective of his Christian faith. He was truly one of the greatest men in the history of Dallas, one of the all-time great coaches and one of the greatest men I’ve ever met.

So let me encourage you to go to the State Fair and eat a couple of Fletcher corn dogs and check out the Tom Landry exhibit.