The Dallas Cowboys

 The book I read was called The Dallas Cowboys this book was about the team/franchise of the Dallas Cowboys. In the beginning of the book it talked about players from 60s and 70s and how they impacted the team then later on in the book it talks about the team in the 80s When the Dallas Cowboys came into the league hey weren't that good. They struggled in a lot of parts they didn't have good healthy players. But when Tom Landry was hired he changed that. He implemented his new offensive playbook and defensive playbook to the team. When he was starting off as coach he drafted young players on defense because for him he thought that was the most important part of the team. From there the Cowboys got better and better and they won Super Bowl VI against the dolphins. After that the Cowboys were known more and people started to like them they became America's Team. But Tom Landry was not perfect he lost the 1975 and 1978 Super Bowls. The Cowboys are also known for some legendary players like running back Emmitt Smith he was drafted in April 1990 he made a big impact on the team he was very successful he is known for one of the greatest running backs of all time. Another legendary player was Troy Aikmen who was very popular back then and still is now he was also good he took the Cowboys to Super Bowls and won two.

 My personal reflection on this book is I liked it I liked how the author took the reader through a timeline the success and failures of the Cowboys. The author who wrote this book also wrote The San Francisco 49ers I also enjoyed that book they share the same style of writing and way of writing. I also like how the author wrote about some players backgrounds and what they went through growing up. This book was very detailed when it talked about what kind of times these players were planning in it talked about how African Americans were discriminated when playing and how they where looked less on. My favorite section or part of this book is when it was talking about a player named Emmitt Smith because he's my favorite Cowboy player of all time. The only thing that I didn't like about this book was I wished he made each players section longer and with more things that happened in there life. That's probably the only problem I have with this book but overall I liked this book and I enjoyed it. I recommend this book to people who like sports and football and especially the Dallas Cowboys.