I loved him as a Monday Night Football announcer. Jeff and Hazel's son was truly a legend and we will miss him. DMN reporting he passed away with his family by his side in Santa Fe last night. Dead at 72. My first college football game I saw was him leading SMU to a 33-0 thumping of Aggy at Cotton Bowl. Loved the fact he scored 54 points in the Dr. Pepper tournament when he was at Mt Vernon HS. Hook'em Dandy!!!
I was a huge fan of Dandy Don as a member of the MNF announcing team when I was a little kid. I was also really sympathetic to his experience as the Cowboys QB, though that was a bit before my time. RIP.
Truly the passing of a legend, both on the field and off. He has to make the short list of my favorite booth personalities. Monday Night Football was so entertaining when he and Howard Cosell traded barbs regularly.
As Howard Cosell said of him; "he was the only NFL player I know that quit at the top of his career". He only played 9 seasons. Monday Night Football kept searching for someone to fill the void he left for many years and never could. Bless you Dandy Don.
Don Meredith to Bob Hayes was pretty good. He was a 3 time pro bowler and in 1966 was NFL player of the year.
he was before my generation but strangely I remember him most for his iced tea commercials when I was a kid. RIP.
Bless you, Don....My favorite Cowboy of all time, i'd rate him above em all....one tough sumbitch....saw almost all his games at the old CB from 64-67.
I absolutely loved him as a Cowboy, an announcer and as a great guy overall. You will truly be missed Dandy Don.
Dandy Don played for the Legend Tom Laundry, He and Roger the Dodger are the greatest Cowboys of all time. My only memories of Dandy Don were of him as a member of the Monday Night Football crew. Don Frank,and Howard were legendary, IMO Monday Night Football has never been able to replace those guys.
Sad...he was always one of my favorites QBs an I watched him every sunday during football season in the 1960s. RIP Dandy Don.
I will always contend that if Don had signed with the Hunts instead of the Murchisons the NFL team in Dallas today would not be called the Cowboys but would be called the Texans. Don along with Bob Lilly of TCU, Larry Stephens and Don Talbert of UT and others put an indelible Lone Star brand on the Cowboys and though he never played there, to me Texas Stadium will always be the "House that Dandy Don Built". Don also had the Monday Night Football thing and an acting career. When I saw my still favorite football movie "North Dallas Forty" my first impression was "Too bad Dandy Don was too old to play himself."
Meredith to Hayes was unstoppable and essentially led to the legalization of zone pass defense in the NFL. I seem to recall he had his nose broken 3, or 4 times in his career and I think that contributed to the league changing to a bigger, more protective facemask. RIP Dandy Don
College football is and always has been my first love. And it all began with that first college football game in 1959, Missouri and SMU, Don Meredith was the QB for the Ponies. Many enjoyable moments on Monday Night Football. RIP
I had the opportunity to meet him on two occasions when I was younger, and he was just as nice and personable as you would expect. A great football player, and a great announcer, but most of all, a great person. He had a way of making everyone feel comfortable. RIP Don Meredith -- you will be missed by millions!
Turn out the lights The party’s over They say that All good things must end Call it tonight The party’s over And tomorrow starts The same old thing again Say hey to Jeff and Hazel, Dandy Don.
Frank, Howard, and Don are the gold standard. The demure jock, the neurotic, urban intellectual, and the good ole country boy. Meredith, commenting on a long lost receiver who played for Cleveland back in the 70s, Fair Hooker (#43), 'Fair Hooker, never met one.' Something like that. Those were the days.
