Jethro Pugh

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Jethro Pugh

Jethro Pugh, middle, presenting check to the UNCF at the 2005 Jethro Pugh Celebrity Golf Tournament
Date of birth: July 3, 1944 (1944-07-03) (age 63)
Place of birth: Flag of the United States Windsor, NC
Career information
Position(s): Defensive tackle
College: Elizabeth City State
NFL Draft: 1965 / Round: 11 / Pick 145
Organizations
 As player:
1965-1978 Dallas Cowboys
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Jethro Pugh (born July 3, 1944 in Windsor, North Carolina) is a former American football defensive tackle in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys. He played with Dallas for his entire career, from 1965 through 1978. Pugh's achievements as a professional athlete were largely overshadowed for most of his career by Hall-of-Famer Bob Lilly who played defensive tackle on the other side. While Quarterback sacks were not an official NFL statistic during Pugh's career, he is unofficially credited with a career total of 95.5.[1] He led the Cowboys in sacks each season from 1968-1972 [2] with a high mark of 15.5 in 1968.[3]

Pugh attended Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina, where he was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. [1]

Pugh owns a number of Western-themed gift shops at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Texas. He also hosts an annual Jethro Pugh Celebrity Golf Tournament in Dallas to raise funds for the United Negro College Fund. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ dallasnews.com
  2. ^ Former Cowboy Jethro Pugh offers a lot. WFAA.com.
  3. ^ dallascowboys.com

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