Gil Brandt, pioneering Cowboys exec who helped create 'America's Team', dies at 91

Sports Yahoo ^ | 31 Aug2023 | Liz Roscher

[Rummyfan]

He built or helped to build great teams throughout the 60s, 70s, and eighties. It was an incredible run of excellence. The Cowboys didn't always win the championship, but they were usually the team to beat.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

The only people who called the Cowboys “America’s Team” were Cowboys fans.

[rlmorel]

Wow...I thought he was much older than that and already passed away.

[Codeflier]

The whole reason I hate the Cowboys more than any other team in sports was the whole “America’s Team” thing. As a Steelers fan in the 70’s, it really irritated me to no end.

It’s been a glorious nearly 30 year run of frustration for the Cowboys though!

[raygunfan]

the ‘Americas Team’ moniker was offered to the Steelers first, for obvious reasons, as the most dominant superbowl era team ever....but steeler ownership turned it down as they said they were “pittsburghs team”......so the cryboys got it instead, sort of a ms congeniality prize.....