PRORODEO HALL OF FAMER, NFL STAR WALT GARRISON PASSES AWAY

 Walt Garrison, a Super Bowl-winning running back for the Dallas Cowboys and a member of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame, passed away Oct. 11. He was 79.

Garrison was known for his career with the Dallas Cowboys where he was a star fullback from 1966-74.

Garrison played 119 regular season and 13 playoff games for the Cowboys over nine seasons and still ranks fourth on the club's all-time list for average yards per rush (4.32) and is ninth in career rushing yards (3,491).

In Super Bowl VI in Dallas' 24-3 win over the Miami Dolphins on Jan. 16, 1972, Garrison had 14 rushing attempts for 74 yards, and he caught two passes for 11 yards.

He also was a cowboy in the literal sense, performing in rodeos during the offseasons and even, for a while as a rookie, the night before home games.

"People ask me what my greatest thrill was," Garrison said in the 1983 PRCA Media Guide, "and, I tell them winning the Super Bowl. But second is taking fifth place up in Cheyenne."

Garrison was a steer wrestler in the PRCA, and his top highlight was placing fifth in the average at the 1974 Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days.

Garrison also was a representative of the U.S. Tobacco Company and was an active promoter of rodeo nationwide. Garrison was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo., as a notable in the 2018 class...more