News and Views of Literary London
Date: 10 April 1938
By HERBERT W. HORWILL
Herbert HORWILL
Joseph Donald Meredith (April 10, 1938 – December 5, 2010), nicknamed "Dandy Don" was an American football player, sports commentator, and actor. He played as a quarterback for nine seasons with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the SMU Mustangs, and was selected by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 1960 NFL draft, which took place in November 1959. This draft occurred before the Dallas Cowboys were officially established in January 1960. The Cowboys later acquired Meredith's rights through a trade, allowing them to sign him. He was the second starting quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, following Eddie LeBaron, and is the first major franchise quarterback in Cowboys history. Under the mentorship of head coach Tom Landry, Meredith led the Cowboys to three-straight postseason appearances from the 1966 to 1968 seasons, including back-to-back NFL Championship Game appearances in the 1966 and 1967 seasons. He was selected a second-team All-Pro in 1966 and made three-straight Pro Bowls from 1966 to 1968.
Meredith was named to the Pro Bowl in each of his last three years as a player. He subsequently became a color analyst for NFL telecasts from 1970 to 1984. As an original member of the Monday Night Football broadcast team, alongside Howard Cosell. Meredith was also an actor who appeared in a dozen films and seven major television shows, some of which had him as the main starring actor. He is familiar to television audiences as Bert Jameson, a recurring role he had in Police Story.
Lees meer...10 april 1938 was een zondag onder het sterrenbeeld ♈. Het was de 99e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 87 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op donderdag 10 april 2025, 156 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op vrijdag 10 april 2026, in 208 dagen. Je hebt 31.933 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 766.407 uur, of ongeveer 45.984.427 minuten, of ongeveer 2.759.065.620 seconden.
Date: 10 April 1938
By HERBERT W. HORWILL
Herbert HORWILL
Date: 10 April 1938
By EDWARD J. CONDLON
Edward CONDLON
Date: 11 April 1938
Guild to resume negotiations
Date: 11 April 1938
3 released to minor club
Date: 11 April 1938
Offers to launch candy ad campaign
Date: 10 April 1938
ban spreads to Pa; Soc for Suppression of Vice defends pictures; Chicago ban lifted
Date: 11 April 1938