RIP Walt Garrison

[Matuka 1320]

A Cowboy’s Cowboy.

  

 

 

Edited October 12, 2023 by Matuka

[shadow_operative2.0 16270]

Nice write-up. 

https://pokesreport.com/s/4913/oklahoma-state-dallas-cowboys-and-american-legend-walt-garrison-passes-away

[SHOOTER12 8886]

RIP and Godspeed to one of the truly great ones. He was definitely one of my childhood heroes.

[LTtxfan 50005]

 

[LTtxfan 50005]

NFL Films are great...  RIP WALT !!!  🙏🙏🙏

 

😥

[Bevo&Pevo 5518]

Dad will be saddened to hear this news.  RIP.

[AnTiM 1695]

Adios, Rodeo Rider

[Armybrat 41408]

Mrs. Brat’s cousin will miss him too….

 

[EastTexan 672]

RIP and God bless to a real Cowboy.

[RomaVicta 30589]

Tough, tough football player. A great name from my past. I think he was close to scoring a touchdown towards the end of a Super Bowl or playoff game and just fighting and straining trying to get across the goal. He didn't make it, but that effort and determination made the moment so dramatic and memorable. 

RIP to a Cowboy from the shiny pants days. Walt Garrison.

['stache 22143]

RIP Legend. When I lived in Dallas I listened to Randy Galloway who called him the “Cowboy Cowboy.” My dumbass thought he was referring to him having played for both OKST and Dallas. 

[Steamboat1874 4346]

I always loved that guy.

RIP Cowboy

 

[cactusflinthead 27627]

Rest well Cowboy 

[ousux 5639]

RIP Walt. Never saw him play but remember him from NFL films and hearing my dad talk about the glory days when he was a kid himself.

[TexMexBuddha 998]

Ah shit. Sad news. RIP. You were a great Cowboy.

[TxTower 686]

The Cowboy’s Cowboy.

RIP

[DigglerontheHoof 21551]

Damn, RIP, Walt.  Dude was one tough mofo.  

[.45s 29]

RIP.  I was a big fan of his, and am still a Cowboys fan.  Once while I was in college at SHSU he pulled up in front of the Student Center while I was walking out.  He was there representing smokeless tobacco that weekend for some SHSU rodeo event.  Of course he had on wranglers, boots, big rodeo buckle, cowboy hat, etc.  He was a very stout guy.  

[SHOOTER12 8886]

3 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

Tough, tough football player. A great name from my past. I think he was close to scoring a touchdown towards the end of a Super Bowl or playoff game and just fighting and straining trying to get across the goal. He didn't make it, but that effort and determination made the moment so dramatic and memorable. 

RIP to a Cowboy from the shiny pants days. Walt Garrison.

I remembered several times during the good old days where his toughness was brought up by some horrific injuries he played through.  I don't remember now, but there was one interview stating how many YARDS of tape it took to keep him together to be able to play.

[Hornius Emeritus 12804]

“I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn’t recruit me and he said: ‘Well, Walt, we took a look at you and you weren’t any good.’”

----- Walt Garrison

[Underdog 29189]

RIP, Li’l Puddin’

Don’t come much tougher than Walt. 

[Chooky 13340]

What a badass, almost mythical figure. 

[Tex Long 4663]

RIP Walt.

Some people are summed up perfectly with a single word. Walt's word is "tough".

[BonzoMontreaux 1137]

Never cared much for the Cowboys growing up.  Still really don't.  Over the years I have come to appreciate the likes of Roger Staubach and Bob Lilly and others from the late 60's - early to mid 70s.

That being said, I *always* liked Walt Garrison.  

RIP, you tough SOB.

[DalTxHornFan 3130]

Don Meredith speaking about Walt 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 you five. And if it was third down and you needed twenty yards, if you’d get the ball to Walt Garrison, by God, he’d get you five.'”

RIP, Walt.

[The_highest_of_fives 678]

Will have to put a little pinch between my cheeks and gum to honor him.

[Art Vandelay 1712]

My late uncle used to rodeo with Walt. Tough SOB. RIP, Cowboy.

[USC_TMB 405]

Good ride Cowboy, good ride…

[Wishbone 4958]

A true Texan badass.
R.I.P. Walt

[Ignatius 4142]

49 minutes ago, The_highest_of_fives said:

Will have to put a little pinch between my cheeks and gum to honor him.

…even if it’s mild-tastin’ Happy Days

[Jiggy-Z 3509]

RIP Walt. May all of your days now be "mild Happy Days".

Skoal brother!

Edited October 12, 2023 by Jiggy-Z

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

9 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

 

He looks so young in those commercials. As a kid, I thought he looked old.

[The Triple Lindy 56]

Had the pleasure of playing golf with him about 10 years or so ago. He shared the story of how he was gifted the license plate “Cowboy” from a gentleman that had passed.

He truly cherished the story and the license plate. JJ had offered to purchase it many times he told—it wasn’t for sale. 

Best wishes to his family and RIP

 

 

[DougO 5266]

A Cowboys icon and a cowboy icon. The real deal. 

[mulletpelini 5225]

Unfortunately, there's not video of it that I can find, but my father was at the '65 game OSU at Nebraska and has told me so many times how Walt Garrison almost single handedly took on the whole Nebraska defense and beat them.

  https://www.huskermax.com/game/1965-oklahoma-state-football/

 

It really took some doing for the Huskers to win No. 9 after OSU had gone in front, 17-14, with only 5:18 left in the game. But Fred Duda launched the game-winning drive that was to sparkle with key plays.

It was Harry Wilson who came up big each time he had to — catching a 11-yard pass for a first down at midfield with a diving snare; a 11-yard run, coupled with a piling penalty to get the Huskers to the Cowboy 15; a leaping plunge on fourth down at the OSU 5 for a first down.

Pete Tatman bulldozed over from the two with 38 seconds left and Wachholtz kicked to make it 21-17, and the Huskers relaxed. But they shouldn’t have, because the Cowboys, led by great fullback Walt Garrison, drove all the way to the NU 23 before the last play of the game.

And on that one, Garrison tore 18 yards before Husker Billy Johnson brought him down at the NU 5.

Nebraska coaches George Kelly and Bob Devaney console OSU’s Walt Garrison after the game, which ended when Garrison was stopped at the Huskers’ 5.

Edited October 13, 2023 by mulletpelini
RIP Cowboy

[Patrick Bateman 3980]

RIP to Walt.... no one put in a chew quite like Walt....

[Willfully Horn 8264]

Used to have to shell pecans at Nanny Bush’s place. One afternoon, Walt joined us. That was years after he retired from football.
 

Those were the days of Copenhagen. Horses. Beer, fist fights, and quaaludes. 

[66BUFF 2608]

6 hours ago, mulletpelini said:

Unfortunately, there's not video of it that I can find, but my father was at the '65 game OSU at Nebraska and has told me so many times how Walt Garrison almost single handedly took on the whole Nebraska defense and beat them.

  https://www.huskermax.com/game/1965-oklahoma-state-football/

 

It really took some doing for the Huskers to win No. 9 after OSU had gone in front, 17-14, with only 5:18 left in the game. But Fred Duda launched the game-winning drive that was to sparkle with key plays.

It was Harry Wilson who came up big each time he had to — catching a 11-yard pass for a first down at midfield with a diving snare; a 11-yard run, coupled with a piling penalty to get the Huskers to the Cowboy 15; a leaping plunge on fourth down at the OSU 5 for a first down.

Pete Tatman bulldozed over from the two with 38 seconds left and Wachholtz kicked to make it 21-17, and the Huskers relaxed. But they shouldn’t have, because the Cowboys, led by great fullback Walt Garrison, drove all the way to the NU 23 before the last play of the game.

And on that one, Garrison tore 18 yards before Husker Billy Johnson brought him down at the NU 5.

Nebraska coaches George Kelly and Bob Devaney console OSU’s Walt Garrison after the game, which ended when Garrison was stopped at the Huskers’ 5.

I grew up with Pete Tatman's niece and nephew in Boulder County.