ATTN EVERYONE: THIS GOES OUT TO ALL DALLAS COWBOYS FANS. BREAKING NEWS: A FEW HOURS AGO FORMER DALLAS COWBOYS RUNNING BACK ROBERT NEWHOUSE #44 WHO PLAYED FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS FROM 1972 TO 1983 DIED IN MINNESOTA AT THE MAYO CLINIC OF HEART DISEASE. HE WAS 64. I AM A PERSONAL FRIEND OF ROBERT NEWHOUSE SINCE 1976 WHICH MAKES 38 YEARS. I SPOKE TO ROBERT NEWHOUSE FROM TIME TO TIME AND HE NEVER MOVED AWAY FROM DALLAS TEXAS. HIS CHILDREN ARE ALL GROWN AND HIS WIFE HAS BEEN WITH HIM FOR MULTIPLE DECADES. ONE OF HIS SONS ALSO PLAYED FOR THE NFL FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM 2004 TO 2005. BACK IN 2012 I SPOKE TO ROBERT AS I STILL HAVE HIS CELL NUMBER WHICH IS NOW GOING STRAIGHT TO VOICEMAIL AS IT IS SHUT OFF JUST SO THAT I CAN HEAR HIS VOICE ONCE MORE TIME FOR OLD TIMES SAKE. I ALSO SAVED HIS GREETING ON MY PHONE RECORDER AS I AM A SENTIMENTALIST. ROBERT WAS EMPLOYED BY THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE WORKING FOR THE ANTI TRUST OR TRUST DIVISION AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS AN EXCITING CAREER. I REMEMBER CALLING HIM SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WHEN DALLAS WAS PLAYING A HOME AWAY GAME AND I ASKED HIS OPINION AND HE SAID THAT THE DALLAS COWBOYS WERE WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONS WHETHER THEY WON OR LOST. ROBERT DEFINITELY SURE WAS A LOYAL FAN AND FORMER COWBOYS SUPPORTER ALL THE WAY TO THE END. GOD SIMPLY DIDNT MAKE ANOTHER PERSON THIS INCREDIBLE AND FANTASTIC. THATS MY STORY AND IM STICKING TO IT. MY MEMORIES OF ROBERT NEWHOUSE WILL ALWAYS BE OF HIM LINING UP NEXT TO FORMER DALLAS COWBOYS RUNNING BACK TONY DORSETT #33 AT EACH AND EVERY GAME AS HE WAS A STARTER PLAYER FOR ALL 11 TO 12 SEASONS IN WHICH HE WAS A DALLAS COWBOYS PLAYER. HE MADE A LOT OF SPECTACULAR PLAYS AND HE KNOCKED A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER TO THE POINT TO WHERE THEY GAVE HIM 2 NICKNAMES WHICH WAS THE HUMAN BOWLING BALL AND FIREPLUG. I REMEMBER IN ONE OF OUR FORMER CONVERSATIONS ROBERT ASKED ME IF I KNEW WHY HE WORE THE #44 ON HIS JERSEY AND I SAID NO. HE WENT ON TO TELL ME IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE MEASUREMENTS OF HIS THIGHS WHICH WERE 44 INCHES AROUND. RIGHT AFTER HE HAD A STROKE BACK IN 2010 WHICH ALMOST KILLED HIM I CALLED HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT I HAD SEVERAL CHURCHES ALL PRAYING TOGETHER SAYING PRAYERS WHICH CONSISTED OF A HEDGE OF SPIRITUAL PROTECTION AND HE SAID THAT REALLY EFFECTED HIM IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY. TO ALL OF YOU WHO DIDNT GET THE OPPORTUNITY OF KNOWING THESE FORMER DALLAS COWBOYS PLAYS LIKE I DID REALLY MISSED OUT ON A LOT BECAUSE THEY WERE INDEED GIANTS ON AND OFF THE FIELD. I GREW UP IN IRVING TEXAS AND I ONLY LIVED A FEW MILES FROM THE ORIGINAL COWBOYS STADIUM AND AT THE AGE OF 14 I STARTED HANGING OUT AT THAT STADIUM AS I WAS A DIEHARD COWBOYS FANS AND ALWAYS WILL BE. I CRIED WHEN THEY TORE IT DOWN. I WORKED AT THAT STADIUM WHENEVER THE DALLAS COWBOYS HAD A HOME GAME ON THE FIELD AS A WATERBOY BACK THEN AS I WAS ONLY 14 YEARS OLD BACK IN 1976. BOY THOSE WERE THE DAYS. THEY SAY THAT YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG. I WILL TREASURE THESE ADOLESCENT AND TEENAGE MEMORIES FOREVER IN MY MIND AS THEY TRULY WERE THE CAREFREE DAYS OF MY LIFE WHICH I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET. HOPE ALL OF YOU ENJOYED READING THIS AS MUCH AS I ENJOYED TYPING IT OUT FOR EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. DC4L!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 05:23:49 +0000
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