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Article: Dorsett on the Cowboys: `It Was Not a Free Atmosphere'
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 1, 1989
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There were a lot of people who came through Dallas in my time
there who were afraid of Tom Landry.
The winning record, the aura he had about him, those things made
him into a living legend. He was a strict disciplinarian, and he
could be intimidating.
His lack of warmth also kept people away. Once we were both in a
hurry to get out of Washington and back to Dallas, and we shared a
limo going to the airport. He wouldn't do any talking. Then, at the
airport while we were waiting to get on the plane, I tried to engage
him in conversation. Nothing much happened. His mind was on other
things, not on talking. When we got on the plane, I tried once again
to talk with him, but he didn't talk ...