'Dandy Don' Meredith, the original Cowboy, dies at 72. "The contract read, 'If we get a National Football League franchise, we'd like for you to play quarterback,' " Meredith chuckled in October ...

Long before "Dandy Don'' graduated to his role as television analyst and foil to Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football, he was the bridge between the hapless early days of the Cowboys and their ...

"Dandy Don" died Sunday after suffering a brain hemorrhage and lapsing into a coma in Santa Fe, N.M., where he lived out of the limelight with his wife, Susan, for the last 25 years. He was 72.

"Dandy Don", as he was affectionately known, shared time under center with Eddie LeBaron before winning the starting job in 1965. Meredith led the Cowboys to three straight division titles and to ...

The party is finally over for Dandy Don. Don Meredith, who was a star quarterback with the Dallas Cowboys, a legendary part of Monday Night Football's broadcast booth and a pitchman in TV ads for ...

“Dandy Don” died Sunday after suffering a brain hemorrhage and lapsing into a coma in Santa Fe, N.M., where he lived out of the limelight with his wife, Susan, for the last 25 years.

After Meredith -- nicknamed 'Dandy Don' -- suffered a brain hemorrhage and lapsed into a coma, he passed away Sunday surrounded by his family at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in ...

Dandy Don was having a party all the time, and, on Monday nights, you could come to the party for a few hours. And there was a football game you could watch too! If he wasn't the first of his kind ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Don Meredith, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback who served as a folksy foil for Howard Cosell on ABC's "Monday Night Football" and helped carve out the niche for colorful ...

Meredith understood that instinctively. I learned it the hard way, thanks to my friend Dandy Don. Image. Don Meredith, left, and Gary Cartwright hamming it up in the 1960s after trap shooting, ...

The daughter of the late legendary football star and sportscaster "Dandy Don" Meredith dealt with abuse and neglect after her stepmother took guardianship of her trust following Meredith's death ...

Don Meredith, one of the most recognizable figures of the early Dallas Cowboys and an original member of ABC's "Monday Night Football" broadcast team, died Sunday. He was 72.