2015 Program Booklet - National Multicultural Western Heritage

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Mayor’s Welcome Letter
GREETINGS!
It is my pleasure to welcome the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum
Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Banquet on July 25, 2015. We hope that
you will savor your stay and time spent here enjoying the unique mix of cultural
activities found only in the city “Where the West Begins.”
As Mayor, it is with great pride that I would like to tell you about our city, a city
of cowboys, culture and community. In one visit you can enjoy an enormous range
of experiences – from art to animals, from fashion to family fun. We offer lessons
in western history with a tour of the Historic Stockyards, auto racing at the Texas
Motor Speedway or a relaxing night of shopping and dining in downtown’s historic
Sundance Square. The choice is yours!
While you are in Fort Worth, we hope you get a chance to visit:
■ Our downtown area … a nationally noted model of successful urban renaissance
filled with restaurants, museums, art galleries, theaters and an abundance of
retail shopping. The Sundance Square area of downtown is a “must-see” for
everyone visiting the city.
■ The Cultural District … recognized as the “museum capital of the Southwest,”
is home to world-class museums. We are proud to be home to the Texas
Cowgirl Hall of Fame, and we have an outstanding Equestrian Center, one of
the country’s top-ranked zoos, and a multitude of beautiful parks and gardens.
■ Northside’s historic Stockyards area … a delightful journey into the city’s
western heritage. You are sure to enjoy the area’s many shops and restaurants
while finding a real-life cowboy or two outfitted with horses and even the
cattle drive of the Fort Worth Herd of longhorns!
One of our most valuable assets is our people. Visitors often cite the “Fort Worth
Friendly” spirit of our citizens and businesses as the top reason they plan a return
visit.
We are pleased you chose Fort Worth and hope you enjoy your time in Cowtown.
Sincerely,
Betsy Price
Betsy Price, M ayor
CITY OF FORT WORTH ó 1000 THROCKMORTON STREET ó FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76102
(817) 392-6118 ó FAX (817) 392-6187
Founder’s Letter
July 25, 2015
Administrative Business Office:
2401 Scott Avenue
Fort Worth, Texas 76103-2228
(817) 922-9999–Main
(817) 923-9304-Fax
[email protected]
www.cowboysofcolor.org
Museum Location:
3400 Mount Vernon Avenue
Fort Worth, Texas 76103
(817) 534-8801-Main
(817) 534-6277-Fax
FOUNDERS
James N. Austin, Jr.
Gloria Reed Austin
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Executive Committee
James N. Austin, Jr.
President
Kyle B. Davie
Secretary
Robert Holmes
Treasurer
Gloria Reed Austin
Executive Director
Steven R. Heape
Director Representative
Directors
Sylvia McElvy, CPA
Clara Ruddell
Twitty Styles, Ph.D.
Christopher Taylor
Saul F. Waranch
Advisory Board
Candace Alley, DMA
Doretta Battles, RN
Craig Crosby
W. Marvin Dulaney, Ph.D.
Darryl Duncan
Cherie Gordon
Bob Jameson
Peter Jordan, Ph.D.
Claudia Meeks
Drew Pearson
Jacinto Ramos, Jr.
Di Ann Sanchez, Ph.D.
Sue Sistrunk
Ernest L. Thomas, Ph.D.
Rodney White
Greetings and Welcome to the National
Multicultural Western Heritage Museum
Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and
Banquet. It is our sincere pleasure to
congratulate the 2015 Hall of Fame
Inductees that are being recognized for
their contributions to western history
and culture. This years inductees include
Jamie Foxx, Judge Paul Brady, Walt
Garrison, Steve Murrin, Danell Tipton
and Randy White. Posthumous inductions include Holt Hickman, Harvey
Means and Gordon Tonips.
Thank you to our special Hall of Fame Alumni, guest and museum family
for gathering this weekend to support the nine (9) new inductees. Those
being inducted tonight continue the legacy of the truly remarkable men
and women who have come before them.
The National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum remains the chief
proponent of western cultural diversity. We take our role very seriously
and embrace the labor that accompanies the task. We are most grateful for
the leadership of the museum’s Board of Directors and the commitment
of staff members and volunteers, as well as the quality partnerships the
museum shares with socially conscious community and corporate leaders.
As we move forward we hope that you will continue to support the Hall
of Fame with your museum membership or renewal of your current
subscription. Please visit the website at www.cowboysofcolor.org or email
[email protected].
Happy Trails!
Gloria Reed Austin
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
James N. Austin, Jr.
FOUNDER & PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
THE NATIONAL MULTICULTURAL WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM IS A 501 (C)(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
About the Museum
Our Mission
The primary objective of the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum
and Hall of Fame is to offer the visitor a true and complete historical perspective
of the people and activities that built the unique culture of the American West.
The work of artists who documented the people and events of the time through
journals photographs and other historical items are part of this new collection.
These long overlooked materials tell perhaps for the first time the complete story.
The American West of today still operates on many of the principles and cultural
relationships begun so long ago.
Our Vision
The National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum’s Hall of Fame was
founded to give recognition to the outstanding pioneers who played a role in
settling the early American western frontier. The National Multicultural Western
Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame also acknowledges individuals that have
contributed to the western culture and tradition and play a part in keeping this
important piece of American History alive.
For more information, please visit www.cowboysofcolor.org,
email [email protected], or call 817.922.9999.
Master of Ceremony
Scott
Murray
CHAIRMAN / CEO OF MURRAY MEDIA
From U.S. Presidents to U.S. Opens, World Series to the
World Cup, Olympic Games to 30 straight Super Bowls.
Scott Murray has covered them all. He spent three decades
with NBC television sports anchor and broadcast journalist,
including close to the quarter of a century at NBC/DFW.
Scott was named Sportscaster of the Year 17 times and is a
recipient of the prestigious Silver Circle Lifetime Achievement Award from the
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Although Scott has retired from nightly televisions news, he’s returned to NBC
5 as host of the weekly TV public affairs/philanthropic program, Talk Street. He
is also a co-host of the Texas Daily show on KTXD-TV. In addition, he’s back on
the radio hosting topics of “leadership and philanthropy” on The Scott Murray
Show every Sunday night from 6–8pm on 570 KLIF. As an over 35–year veteran of
on-air hosting of national Nightly TV Broadcasts, Radio Shows and TV Specials,
daily emceeing Live Events and Galas, having penned multiple books, and having
garnered countless personal and professional Awards, Scott Murray leads the path
of success at Murray Media!
Scott stays active in the North Texas community as a volunteer, serving on the board/
advisory boards of many children’s, civic, charitable and non-profit organizations
including the National Football Foundation/Gridiron Club of Dallas, Pat and
Emmitt Smith Charities, National Sports Marketing Network, The North Texas
Super Bowl XLV Host Committee, Armed Forces Bowl, and more...
Scott’s commitment to community has resulted in his being honored with such
awards as:
Man of the Year, Citizen of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Humanitarian of
the Year, recipient of the Governor’s Award, Director’s Award from the FBI and
the US Department of Justice, George Washington Medal of Honor Freedom
Award, Tom Landry Award of Excellence, National Youth Leadership Council
Gift of Leadership Award, Champion for Children Award, Honorary Member of
the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, Boy Scouts of America God and
Service Award, Texas Baseball Hall of Fame-Honorary Inductee, and his two most
cherished awards, Dad of the Year and Father of the Year.
Program
2015 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
JULY 25, 2015
MASTER OF CEREMONY
Scott Murray
OPENING CEREMONY
INVOCATION
WELCOME
DINNER IS SERVED
RECOGNITION PERIOD
2015 HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY
CLOSING REMARKS
Jim and Gloria Austin
Museum Founders
Hall of FameInductee
Judge Paul Brady
Judge Paul L. Brady was born in Flint, Michigan and is a graduate of
Washburn University School of Law. He was the first African-American
ever appointed a Federal Administrative Law Judge. His 31 years of
service to the Federal government included 25 years as an Occupational
Safety and Health Review Commission Judge. He also served as the
First Judge of the agency’s Atlanta Regional Office. He is a veteran of
the U.S. Navy.
Judge Brady developed an early interest in the law by his personal involvement in the landmark
desegregation case Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka. His aunt, Mrs. Lucinda Todd, initiated
the case when she was unable to get music education for her daughter in the city’s black schools. Judge
Brady said he abandoned a career in psychology after “being inspired by a small group of dedicated
people” who met and developed his aunt’s case in their home.
Judge Brady, now retired, went on to pursue an illustrious career as a lawyer and judge. He spent
11 years in private practice in Chicago, Illinois, and in 1968 became the first African-American
attorney employed by the Federal Power Commission. As a supervising trial attorney, he received the
Commission’s highest award for outstanding performance. Later, he received nationwide recognition
for his efforts in organizing government lawyers to assist in the Washington, D.C. Volunteer
Neighborhood Legal Services Program. Among other honors, he was an initial inductee in 1991 in the
Alumni Hall of Fame of Flint Central High School, his alma mater. In 2004, Washburn Law School
also honored Judge Brady by inviting him to be its Commencement Day speaker.
Judge Brady is a lifetime member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
He is the author of A Certain Blindness, a book chronicling his family’s history as typical of the
efforts of other African-American families to participate in the pursuit of America’s democratic vision.
Included in the book is the story of his uncle Bass Reeves, a former slave, appointed as a U.S. Deputy
Marshall in 1875. Bass Reeves was the first Africa-American Federal Officer to serve on the Western
Frontier. Judge Brady accepted Bass Reeves’ posthumous induction as the first African-American in the
Great Westerners Hall of the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. He also accepted Bass Reeves’
posthumous induction into the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum Hall of Fame in Fort
Worth, Texas in 2006. Judge Brady is the author of The Black Badge: Deputy United States Marshal
Bass Reeves from Slave to Heroic Lawman, a book about his great-uncle, Bass Reeves, a former slave,
who, in 1875, was appointed U.S. Deputy Marshal and became the first African-American to serve as
a federal enforcement officer on the western frontier.
Judge Brady is the father of two children Paul L. Brady, Jr., and Dr. Kathleen Brady. He lives in
Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Xernona Clayton, a television executive, civil rights activist and founder
and creator of the Trumpet Awards.
Hall of FameInductee
Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, comedian, writer,
and producer.
As an actor, his work in the 2004 Ray Charles biographical
film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA
Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award
for Best Actor in a musical or comedy. The same year, he
was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in
the action film Collateral. Other prominent roles include the title role in the film
Django Unchained (2012), the villain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2013)
and William Stacks in the 2014 version of Annie. Foxx also starred in his own
television show from 1996 to 2001, the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, in which he
played Jamie King.
In 2013, Foxx was cast as President James Sawyer in White House Down alongside
Channing Tatum. The following year, Foxx appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man
2 as the villain Electro, and co-starred with Quvenzhané Wallis in Annie, Sony’s
Will Smith and Jay-Z produced update of the comic strip-turned-musical. Director
Oliver Stone has also confirmed that Foxx will play Martin Luther King Jr. in his
upcoming Steven Spielberg-produced biopic.
Foxx released his fifth studio album, Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses, on May
18, 2015. It debuted atop the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts and at No. 10 on
the Billboard 200.
He is also a Grammy Award-winning musician, producing three albums which have
charted highly on the US Billboard 200: Unpredictable (2005), which topped the
chart, Intuition (2008), and Best Night of My Life (2010).
Hall of FameInductee
Walt Garrison
Born in Denton, Texas, Garrison attended nearby Lewisville High
School in Lewisville, and graduated in 1962. Garrison enrolled at
Oklahoma State University and began his freshman year on defense as a
linebacker, until Phil Cutchin became OSU head coach in the spring and
moved him to running back.
He finished his sophomore season only 12 yards behind rushing leader
George Thomas Jr. As a junior in 1964, he led the Big Eight Conference
in rushing with 730 yards and was also named All-Academic Big-8.
Garrison completed his senior season as OSU’s leading rusher with 924 yards and led the Cowboys’
to their first win over Oklahoma in 20 years. He was named to the All Big-8 team and his post-season
highlights included appearances in the East–West Shrine Game in San Francisco, the Senior Bowl
in Mobile, Alabama, where he was voted the Outstanding Back of the North team, the Coaches AllAmerica Game in Atlanta and the College All-Star Game in Chicago against the Green Bay Packers.
He was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma State University Hall of
Honor.
Garrison was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fifth round of the 1966 NFL Draft. Known for his
toughness and blocking, he took over at fullback after the retirement of Don Perkins in 1969 and had
a career high 818 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns. His style of play and perceived ability to play hurt
brought him recognition in Cowboys lore, which included playing the 1970 NFC Championship Game
against the San Francisco 49ers with a cracked collarbone and a serious ankle injury.[1]
During Dallas’ championship season of 1971, Garrison showed his pass-catching skills, leading the
team in receiving with 40 catches and a 9.9 per catch average. He made the Pro Bowl after the 1972
season when he rushed for 784 yards and 7 touchdowns. That year he was a major part of the Cowboys’
three-headed rushing attack that also included Calvin Hill and Duane Thomas. The previous year, the
Cowboys had ridden these three running backs all the way to a Super Bowl VI victory.[2] Garrison
was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in September 1972 for its pro football preview issue; the
photo was from Super Bowl VI in January.[3] After the season he was named to the 1973 Pro Bowl.
A “real” cowboy, he spent time on the professional rodeo circuit during the football off-seasons. His
signing bonus with the Cowboys in 1966 season included a horse trailer. A knee injury he sustained
in an exhibition steer wrestling accident at the College National Rodeo Finals in 1974 ended his pro
football career. He was replaced in the starting lineup with Robert Newhouse.
Garrison played in the NFL for 9 seasons (missing only 7 games), all of them with the Cowboys. He
finished his career with 3,886 yards rushing and 1,794 yards receiving. Garrison retired as the third
leading rusher and fourth leading receiver in team history.
One of the more humorous sports quotes was attributed to Cowboy quarterback Don Meredith
speaking about Garrison’s dependability, “If it was third down, and you needed four yards, if you’d get
the ball to Walt Garrison, he’d get ya five. And if it was third down and ya needed twenty yards, if you’d
get the ball to Walt Garrison, by God, he’d get you five.”
Garrison was named to the Dallas Cowboys 25th anniversary team and was also inducted into the
Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
Hall of FameInductee
Holt Hickman POSTHUMOUS
As a youth, Holt Hickman worked the ranches. When he
was not in school he made frequent trips with his father
to the stockyards to buy and sell cattle. He remembered
thousands of head of cattle in the pens, the smells, the
sounds, and “the excitement of it.” After graduating from
SMU, Hickman joined his father’s company, Fort Worth
Battery and Automotive. He and his wife, Jo, had two
children, Brenda & Brad, and for the next 30 years, the Stockyards would be the last
thing on his mind. Mr. Hickman was the founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board
of Hickman Companies, a diverse collection of more than 50 business entities in the
areas of commercial real estate, oil and gas, farming/ranching and entertainment.
In the 1980’s Hickman’s interest in the Stockyards would be rekindled as he began
purchasing property in the historic Northside district. In 1988, Mr. Hickman and
partners reopened the legendary Billy Bob’s Texas and the rest, as they say, was
history. With their deep love of Fort Worth and the western way of life as the
driving force, he and Jo then opened the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2001.
Home to the John Justin Trail of Fame and Sterquell Wagon Collection, the largest
lifestyle wagon collection in the world, the Hall of Fame also houses one-of-a-kind
memorabilia from over 150 men and women who have shown excellence in the sport,
business and support of rodeo and the western lifestyle in Texas. Mr. Hickman also
spearheaded the arrival of a tourist train into Stockyards Station, an 85,000 square
foot project that Hickman developed with Dallas businesswoman Lyda Hunt Hill.
Today, the Fort Worth Stockyards is one of the top tourist attractions in the state
of Texas. Due to his business success, Mr. Hickman was able to devote much of his
time and energy to the great city of Fort Worth, which he referred to as “The Center
of the Universe.” Congresswoman Kay Granger best sums up Mr. Hickman, “His
energy, generosity and vision will continue to enhance our city’s cowboy heritage
for generations to come.” Mr. Hickman’s numerous accolades include Outstanding
Business Executive from the Fort Worth Business Hall of Fame, Business Executive
of the Year (2000) from Texas Wesleyan’s 31st annual Business Hall of Fame
Ceremony, Golden Deeds Award (2006) and induction into the Texas Cowboy Hall
of Fame and Texas Trail of Fame.
Hall of FameInductee
Harvey Means POSTHUMOUS
Harvey Means was born in 1868 in Teague, Texas, to
slave parents. He lived the early part his adult of his
life in West Texas, working as a barber and cowboy to
cowboys. Later he married, Alexenia Wallace, and moved
to Fort Worth, Texas, and established a barbershop in
downtown Fort Worth. He was considered one of the most
successful businessmen and leaders in the community. His funeral was attended by
a representative of the Governor of Texas and many other leaders, both black and
white, with attendees overflowing into the sidewalk outside the church.
A Texas State Marker in Teague, Texas stands in testament of his remarkable life.
Harvey was first and foremost a man that valued family and understood the
importance of family togetherness. The family home, which was at 1200 Cannon in
Fort Worth, was used as a gathering place for family and the community during his
lifetime, and after his death, was a place that family members knew would always be
a place to stay and a place for family love. Harvey believed in educating his children
so that they could achieve a better life. Among his 10 children who attended and
graduated from college, there was a dentist, businessman, and teachers.
Although Harvey Means had no formal education or business training, he used
his talent as a barber to cowboys to become one of Fort Worth’s most prominent
businessmen, through the establishment of his own barbershop in downtown Fort
Worth. Through this business, he became known by political and business leaders,
who helped him to grow his business and were usually his customers. He purchased
and owned extensive properties in West Texas, including a working ranch.
His commitment to the Fort Worth community as civic and community leader, was
exemplified in his founding of a hospital and park for black residents. He was also a
philanthropist and contributed generously to those in need. A man of faith, he was
active in St. Andrews Methodist Church. He was considered a man of reason and
was actively sought out by leaders
Hall of FameInductee
Steve Murrin
Steve is a fourth generation Texan and a visionary in
bringing tourism to the Fort Worth Stockyards Historic
District and international visitors to Texas.
As a Fort Worth Businessman, a Realtor and Developer,
civic leader, patron of the arts, and former city councilman,
he is recognizably known as the “Mayor of the Stockyards.”
Beginning in 1973, Steve led the fight to revive and refurbish the area of north Fort
Worth known as the Stockyards. It was always a difficult, and frequently a lonely,
struggle. Though significant touchstones to our history and Western Heritage, the
Stockyards where in a state of extreme disrepair. Many would stand in the middle
of the Exchange Avenue and see only despair and decay, and say, bulldoze, now.
Not Steve, for what he saw was a vision, a dream – a thriving monument not only to
history but to commerce and entertainment as well. So Steve Murrin invested his
money, his sweat and his vision. Anyone within earshot of Steve the last 40 years
quickly learned the Stockyards’ story and why it was important to Fort Worth
Texas. The restoration of the historic Cowtown Coliseum is but one example of his
leadership and hard work. In 1976, Steve was able to reverse a city council action
that would have prevented the coliseum from hosting a rodeo for 30 years, until
2006. This rodeo is one of the leading attractions in the Stockyards today. Steve
was born in Fort Worth, where he lives at West Fork Ranch, still a working ranch
that has been in his family since the 1930’s.
Hall of FameInductee
Danell Tipton
Just as a fly lands on the back of a 2000 pound bull, the
same with a 5’7”, 150 pound cowboy, that bull knows he’s
got a pest on his back that he wants off and he’s going to do
his best to do what it takes to get it off as quick as he can.
But if that pest is a cowboy by the name of Danell Tipton,
the shaking off is not an easy thing.
Danell was born on July 22nd, 1973 in Spencer, Oklahoma where at the age of 13
he got this urge to climb atop a junior bull at the East Side Roundup Club in Choctaw, Oklahoma. He however did not have $10 to pay the entry fee, so he ran to his
grandmother, Willie Mae Tipton, and asked for the cash to which she let him have.
The rest is, as they say, history as Willie Mae drove him to train with three time
IPRA Bareback Champion Arthur Stoner, who happened to live in the Garden Day
housing addition in East Oklahoma City in a non-rodeo neighborhood.
In 1992 he joined the IPRA and in ’93 he made the finals finishing 7th in the world.
In December of ’94 he astonished the crowd by taking 2nd overall over 60 rodeos.
At the IFR in 1996, Danell won the finals average and the association’s bull yearend championship before a crowd of over eleven thousand fans.
In 1998, Danell joined the PRCA and under the tutelage of the PRCA’s first black
bull riding champion, Charles Sampson. That year Danell took home The Rookie
of the Year and Bull Riding World Titles.
Hall of FameInductee
Gordon Tonips POSTHUMOUS
Gordon Wade Tonips was born in 1950 around the
Chilocco Indian School in Northern, Oklahoma where his
Grandmother worked. He could almost always be found in
the Art Department drawing, painting and sculpting while
being immersed in Indian culture. He proudly served in
the Air Force from 1969-1971, where his duty was officially
in supply but he actually assisted the local General with all the needed artwork at
the time.
Gordon met and married Tomazane “Tommye” Rains of Benbrook in 1973. After
a few years working for the City of Fort Worth in the Planning Department, he
struck out on his own. He and Tommye opened their own small printing company
on the East side of Fort Worth called Wampum Graphics, where he was heard to
say “There is no money in it, but we are happy.”
After 19 years in the printing business Gordon’s calling finally changed to his
Indian roots and he began to explore his sculpting talents full-time. It is reported
that Tonips said “When I began to turn my talents to Native American art, I was
encouraged by the Comanche artist and flutist Doc. Tate Navaquaya who guided
me to follow my dreams. He also told me if you want happiness; look in your own
back yard. Thus I discovered these beautiful sandstone boulders and to my surprise
they spoke to me with images of the ancient past. When I sculpt a stone, I travel
into the past a thousand years and re-live the daily lives of the great people who
built and lived in these sacred places.” For the last fifteen years of Gordon’s life,
he was an award winning sculptor, painter, dancer, story teller and living history
reenactor.
Gordon Wade Tonips passed August 23, 2011, in Fort Worth, Texas, survived by his
wife of thirty-eight (38) years Tommye; son; Eric Tonips and wife Rachel; daughter;
Ameé Bynum and husband Anthony. Eric’s four children; Kelsi, Karli, Gavin and
Kenli. Ameé’s boys; Andrew and Colin Bynum. Gordon’s mother; Almeta Tonips,
sisters; Nina Taylor and Patty (Bea) Tonips, niece; Melody Fischer and her son
Garrett Fischer.
Hall of FameInductee
Randy W hite
Randy White was the Dallas Cowboys’ first pick and
the second player selected in the 1975 National Football
League Draft, and was moved to middle linebacker, where
he was a backup to Cowboy legend Lee Roy Jordan, playing mostly on special teams his first two seasons, including
his rookie season when Dallas lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl X. During his third season (1977), White was moved to right
defensive tackle.
That year would prove to be his breakout year; he was named to his first All-Pro
team, his first Pro Bowl, and (on his 25th birthday) was named co-MVP of Super
Bowl XII with teammate Harvey Martin, making him one of only seven defensive
players to win that honor. In 1978, White was named the NFC Defensive Player of
the Year, and would be named to nine consecutive All-Pro and Pro Bowl teams. He
retired in 1988, having played 209 games in 14 seasons, only missing one game during that span. At the time of his retirement, he had played the second most of any
Dallas Cowboy in history. During those 14 years, he played in three Super Bowls,
six NFC Championship Games, and accumulated 1,104 tackles (701 solo) and 111
sacks. His highest single season sack total was 16 in 1978. He was elected to the
Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1994. On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the
naming of the only co-MVPs in Super Bowl history, Super Bowl XLVII, which like
Super Bowl XII was played in New Orleans, Louisiana, was dedicated to White.
Hall of Fame Alumni
2003
2009
Bill Pickett Posthumous Induction
Bose Ikard Posthumous Induction
Charles Sampson
Herb Jeffries*
Jose ‘Pepe’ Diaz
Myrtis Dightman
Quanah Parker Posthumous Induction
Steven R. Heape
Albino Tais Posthumous Induction
Alex Dees *
Ben F. Tahmahkera
Calvin Norris Greely, Jr. Posthumous Induction
Dean Smith
Henry Harris Posthumous Induction
Isaac Burns Murphy Posthumous Induction
Mayisha Akbar
2004
2010
Jim Lane
Mantan Moreland Posthumous Induction
Mary Fields Posthumous Induction
Walter Charles Morse
2005
Ed ‘Pop’ Landers Posthumous Induction
Gerardo ‘Jerry’ Diaz
Luke ‘Leon’ Coffee
Melvin ‘Mel’ Carnell Blount
Vicki Herrera Adams
2006
Bass Reeves Posthumous Induction
Charley Pride
Colonel Juan Seguin Posthumous Induction
George Fletcher Posthumous Induction
Jackson Sundown Posthumous Induction
Ken Pollard
Knox Simmons Posthumous Induction
Patricia E. Kelly
Rosieleetta Lee Reed
2007
Cathay Williams Posthumous Induction
Frank White
Nathaniel ‘Rex’ Purefoy
Red Steagall
Rufus Green Sr. Posthumous Induction
Tom Three Persons Posthumous Induction
Verna Lee Booker Hightower Posthumous Induction
2008
Art T. Burton
Holt Collier Posthumous Induction
Matthew ‘Bones’ Hooks Posthumous Induction
Paul Cleveland
Taylor H. Haynes, M.D.
Tommie Haw Posthumous Induction
Willie Thomas
Abe Morris
Charles Hank Banks *
Harold Cash
Lowell “Stretch” Smith
Captain Paul J. Matthews
Robert Strauss
2011
Freddie “Skeet” Gordon
Glynn Turman
Joe Beaver
Peter Perkins Pitchlynn Posthumous Induction
Ruth Scantlin Roach Posthumous Induction
Shirlie Sanders Posthumous Induction
Walter Clarence “Buck” Taylor
“Will” Penn Adair Rogers Posthumous Induction
2012
Burl Washington
Colonel Allen Allensworth Posthumous Induction
Floyd “Buck” Wyatt Posthumous Induction
Fred Whitfield
Lawrence Homer Coffee
Mollie Taylor Stevenson, Jr.
Pam Grier
Woody Strode Posthumous Induction
2013
Walt Willey
James Butler Hickok Posthumous Induction
2014
Barry Corbin
Vincent Jacobs
Nathan Jean Whitaker Sanders
Anne Lockhart
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