Don Meredith
Quarterback, American football player
1938 – 2010
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Who was Don Meredith?
Joseph Don "Dandy Don" Meredith was an American football quarterback, sports commentator and actor. He spent all nine seasons of his professional playing career with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was named to the Pro Bowl in each of his last three years as a player. He subsequently became a color analyst for NFL telecasts from 1970–1984. As an original member of the Monday Night Football broadcast team on the American Broadcasting Company, he famously played the role of Howard Cosell's comic foil.
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- Born
- Apr 10, 1938
Mount Vernon - Also known as
- Joseph Don Meredith
- don_meredith
- Dandy Don
- Spouses
- Lynne Shamburger
(1959/12/20 - 1963) - Cheryl King
(1965/09/04 - 1971/11/09) - Susan Lessons Dullea
(1972/07/31 - 2010/12/05)
- Lynne Shamburger
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Southern Methodist University
- Mount Vernon High School
- Lived in
- Texas
- Mount Vernon
- Died
- Dec 5, 2010
Santa Fe
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on July 23, 2013
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