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Walt Garrison, a former NFL fullback who played nine seasons with the Dallas Cowboys<\/a> and won a Super Bowl with them in 1971, has died. He was 79.<\/p>\n

Garrison was a star at Oklahoma State<\/a> before the Cowboys selected him in the fifth round of the 1966 NFL Draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was also drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs, who were in the American Football League at the time.<\/p>\n

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He was with the Cowboys from 1966 to 1974, retiring as the team\u2019s No. 3 rusher and No. 4 receiver. He gained 3,886 rushing yards.<\/p>\n

The team announced Garrison\u2019s death<\/a> on its website but did not reveal a cause.<\/p>\n

Garrison was a cowboy off the field too. The team said he would go out after team meetings and compete in local rodeos as a steer wrestler. He would return to the team hotel before an 11 p.m. curfew.<\/p>\n

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“I wasn\u2019t starting,” Garrison once said. “I was returning punts and kicks and covering on the kamikaze squad, that\u2019s all I was doing. And, hell, you could get hurt worse on them than you can rodeoing. I didn\u2019t think much about it, but the Cowboys did.”<\/p>\n

Legendary Cowboys head coach Tom Landry<\/a> prevented Garrison from moonlighting as a regular cowboy during the season, but he continued in the offseason.<\/p>\n

“Coach Landry pointed out that there was a clause in my contract that if I got hurt doing another sport, that my contract would be null and void,” he was quoted as saying. “And I said, \u2018OK.\u2019 I didn\u2019t think rodeo was that dangerous.”<\/p>\n

Garrison was injured in 1975 while steer wrestling and called it a career in football.<\/p>\n

At the height of his fame with the Cowboys, Garrison was also a national spokesman for Skoal.<\/p>\n

He finished his NFL career with 39 touchdowns and was a Pro Bowler during the 1972 season. He had 74 rushing yards on 14 carries in the team\u2019s 14-3 win over the Miami Dolphins<\/a> in the 1972 Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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