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  1. Don Meredith
    Don MeredithAmerican football quarterback
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  2. Joseph Donald Meredith (April 10, 1938 – December 5, 2010), nicknamed "Dandy Don" was an American football player, sports commentator, and actor who played 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 32nd overall in the 1960 NFL Draft, which took place in November 1959. … See more

    Early life

    Meredith was born on April 10, 1938, in Mount Vernon, Texas, located about 100 miles east of Dallas. He attended Mount Vernon High School in his hometown, where he starred in football and basketball, performed i… See more

    College career

    Although he was heavily recruited by Texas A&M head coach Bear Bryant, Meredith played college football at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas. His reasoning, likely intended to be more humorous than real, was d… See more

    Professional career

    The Dallas Cowboys franchise was admitted to the league too late to participate in the 1960 NFL draft, so on November 28, 1959, two days before the draft, Meredith signed a five-year personal services co… See more

    When did Don Meredith retire?
    Retired from the team in 1969. He sang "Turn Out the Lights, the Party's Over", near the ending of NFL Monday Night Football (1970) games, when it appeared the winning team had the game well in hand. When did Don Meredith die?
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