R.I.P. Walt, one of my all-time favorite heroes. Bless his family. Garrison defined what it meant to be a Cowboy, a true NFL icon. So many great memories, thanks for all of them. Fans today have no idea what they’re missing.
Butkis, who just passed, once told a young Garrison that if he ran thru that line again “He’d bite his head off!” Without missing a beat Garrison replied “ That’ll be the first time you had any brains in your head.”
He was a fine player. Unfortunately my memory of him will always be the great tackle Ken Houston made on him at the goal line to win for the Washington Redskins. That he was such a tough runner made that tackle all the more memorable.
“If it was third down, and you needed four yards, if you’d get the ball to Walt Garrison, he’d get you five. And if it was third down and you needed twenty yards, if you’d get the ball to Walt Garrison, by God, he’d get you five.” - Don Meredith