Jethro Pugh

Pugh was selected in the eleventh round (145th overall) of the [[1965 NFL draft]], by the [[1965 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]],{{Cite web |title=Aeneas Williams among 6 selected to Black CFB Hall of Fame |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/aeneas-williams-among-6-selected-to-black-cfb-hall-of-fame-0ap3000000566793 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=NFL.com |language=en-US}} and was also offered a contract to play with the [[1965 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]] of the [[American Football League|AFL]]. He was only 20 years old when he started his professional career as a backup [[defensive end]] for the Cowboys.{{Cite web |title=Unsung Cowboys defensive standout Jethro Pugh dies |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2015/01/07/unsung-cowboys-defensive-standout-jethro-pugh-dead-at-70/21413067/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} At the end of the [[1966 Dallas Cowboys season|1966 season]], he was moved to left [[defensive tackle]] replacing [[Jim Colvin]] in the starting lineup.{{cite web|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1966/12/05/red-hot-cowboys-on-a-rampage|title=RED HOT COWBOYS ON A RAMPAGE|work=SI.com|access-date=September 7, 2022}} As a starter in 1967, he was the Cowboys most valuable player in two games; including a game against the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] where he had two [[fumble]] recoveries, a pass break-up, [[Quarterback sack|sacking]] Eagles quarterback [[Norm Snead]] for total losses of 14 yards, and leading the defense to seven [[Glossary of American football terms|tackles for losses]].{{Cite news |date=December 22, 1967 |title=Jethro Pugh? Cowboys Tackle No Mystery Now |work=Corpus Christi Caller-Times |pages=31}}

Pugh was selected in the eleventh round (145th overall) of the [[1965 NFL draft]], by the [[1965 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]],{{Cite web |title=Aeneas Williams among 6 selected to Black CFB Hall of Fame |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/aeneas-williams-among-6-selected-to-black-cfb-hall-of-fame-0ap3000000566793 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=NFL.com |language=en-US}} and was also offered a contract to play with the [[1965 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]] of the [[American Football League|AFL]]. He was only 20 years old when he started his professional career as a backup [[defensive end]] for the Cowboys.{{Cite web |title=Unsung Cowboys defensive standout Jethro Pugh dies |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2015/01/07/unsung-cowboys-defensive-standout-jethro-pugh-dead-at-70/21413067/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} At the end of the [[1966 Dallas Cowboys season|1966 season]], he was moved to left [[defensive tackle]] replacing [[Jim Colvin]] in the starting lineup.{{cite web|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1966/12/05/red-hot-cowboys-on-a-rampage|title=RED HOT COWBOYS ON A RAMPAGE|work=SI.com|access-date=September 7, 2022}} As a starter in 1967, he was the Cowboys most valuable player in two games; including a game against the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] where he had two [[fumble]] recoveries, a pass break-up, [[Quarterback sack|sacking]] Eagles quarterback [[Norm Snead]] for total losses of 14 yards, and leading the defense to seven [[Glossary of American football terms|tackles for losses]].{{Cite news |date=December 22, 1967 |title=Jethro Pugh? Cowboys Tackle No Mystery Now |work=Corpus Christi Caller-Times |pages=31}}

In the final seconds of the [[1967 NFL Championship Game]], the famous [[1967 NFL Championship Game|Ice Bowl]] at [[Lambeau Field|Green Bay]], Pugh was blocked by [[1967 Green Bay Packers season|Packers]]' guard [[Jerry Kramer]] and center [[Ken Bowman]] for the game-deciding touchdown. Kramer's and Bowman's blocks cleared the way for [[Bart Starr]] to score on a 1-yard quarterback sneak with 16 seconds remaining, lifting [[Vince Lombardi]]'s team to a 21–17 victory and an unprecedented [[Three-peat|third consecutive]] title game win in {{convert|-15|F}} weather at [[Lambeau Field]]. Pugh believed, and film of the play arguably showed, that Kramer was [[Offside (gridiron football)|offside]] on the play, and should have been called for a penalty. Kramer and Bowman may have admitted this as well.{{cite news |date=January 12, 1978 |title=End is near for Pugh |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19780112&id=EW00AAAAIBAJ&pg=3464,2566786 |access-date=September 7, 2022 |newspaper=Tuscaloosa News |location=Alabama |page=15 |agency=Associated Press}}{{Cite news |last=O'Donnell |first=Bob |date=January 24, 1988 |title=Starr gains famous yard in Ice Bowl, 20 years later, Kramer off-sides? |work=Sunday News (Kenosha, Wisconsin) |pages=32}}{{Cite news |last=Schultz |first=Rob |date=November 20, 1987 |title=Kramer: I started early on the big play |work=The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) |pages=45}}{{Cite news |last=Plaschke |first=Bill |date=January 14, 1996 |title=Those who froze recall real events of '67 |work=The Los Angeles Times}} Pugh experienced [[frostbite]] that day.{{Cite news |date=January 12, 1978 |title=Jethro Pugh, Dallas' silent giant to retire |work=The Mississippi Press (Pascagoula, Mississippi) |pages=19}}

In the final seconds of the [[1967 NFL Championship Game]], the famous [[1967 NFL Championship Game|Ice Bowl]] at [[Lambeau Field|Green Bay]], Pugh was blocked by [[1967 Green Bay Packers season|Packers]]' guard [[Jerry Kramer]] and center [[Ken Bowman]] for the game-deciding touchdown. Kramer's and Bowman's blocks cleared the way for [[Bart Starr]] to score on a 1-yard quarterback sneak with 16 seconds remaining, lifting [[Vince Lombardi]]'s team to a 21–17 victory and an unprecedented [[Three-peat|third consecutive]] title game win in {{convert|-15|F}} weather at [[Lambeau Field]]. Pugh believed, and film of the play arguably showed, that Kramer was [[Offside (gridiron football)|offside]] on the play, and should have been called for a penalty. Kramer and Bowman may have admitted this as well.{{cite news |date=January 12, 1978 |title=End is near for Pugh |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19780112&id=EW00AAAAIBAJ&pg=3464,2566786 |access-date=September 7, 2022 |newspaper=Tuscaloosa News |location=Alabama |page=15 |agency=Associated Press}}{{Cite news |last=O'Donnell |first=Bob |date=January 24, 1988 |title=Starr gains famous yard in Ice Bowl, 20 years later, Kramer off-sides? |work=Sunday News (Kenosha, Wisconsin) |pages=32}}{{Cite news |last=Schultz |first=Rob |date=November 20, 1987 |title=Kramer: I started early on the big play |work=The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) |pages=45}}{{Cite news |last=Plaschke |first=Bill |date=January 14, 1996 |title=Those who froze recall real events of '67 |work=The Los Angeles Times}} Pugh experienced [[frostbite]] that day.{{Cite news |date=January 12, 1978 |title=Jethro Pugh, Dallas' silent giant to retire |work=The Mississippi Press (Pascagoula, Mississippi) |pages=19}}

It was the second consecutive season that Dallas had fallen to the Packers in the championship game; the [[1966 NFL Championship Game|previous year]] was a close game in the [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]]. Always a team player, Pugh carried on through the [[1971 Dallas Cowboys season|1971 season]] with a case of [[appendicitis]] and delayed his surgery until the offseason, by taking shots of penicillin.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19721018&id=VtBOAAAAIBAJ&pg=7423,6183606 |newspaper=Toledo Blade |location=Ohio |agency=Associated Press |title=Pugh risks mistakes to dazzle Colts |date=October 18, 1972 |page=47 |access-date=September 7, 2022}}

It was the second consecutive season that Dallas had fallen to the Packers in the championship game; the [[1966 NFL Championship Game|previous year]] was a close game in the [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]]. Always a team player, Pugh carried on through the [[1971 Dallas Cowboys season|1971 season]] with a case of [[appendicitis]] and delayed his surgery until the offseason, by taking shots of penicillin.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19721018&id=VtBOAAAAIBAJ&pg=7423,6183606 |newspaper=Toledo Blade |location=Ohio |agency=Associated Press |title=Pugh risks mistakes to dazzle Colts |date=October 18, 1972 |page=47 |access-date=September 7, 2022}}

==Personal life==

==Personal life==

Pugh showed financial acumen from an early age, when he had the Cowboys defer part of his compensation, which was in the hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time he retired. Pugh owned a number of western-themed gift shops at [[DFW Airport|Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport]] in Texas.{{cite web|url=http://www.ecsu.edu/ia/urm/headline.cfm?ID=11385 |title=University Relations & Marketing Heasline News - Definitions and Specifications - Elizabeth City State University |access-date=January 8, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108015921/http://www.ecsu.edu/ia/urm/headline.cfm?ID=11385 |archive-date=January 8, 2015 }} He later partnered with The Parodies Shops which had businesses across the U.S. and Canada. He also hosted an annual Jethro Pugh Celebrity Golf Tournament in Dallas to raise funds for the [[United Negro College Fund]].

Pugh showed financial acumen from an early age, when he had the Cowboys defer part of his compensation, which was in the hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time he retired. Pugh owned a number of western-themed gift shops at [[DFW Airport|Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport]] in Texas.{{cite web|url=http://www.ecsu.edu/ia/urm/headline.cfm?ID=11385 |title=University Relations & Marketing Heasline News - Definitions and Specifications - Elizabeth City State University |access-date=January 8, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108015921/http://www.ecsu.edu/ia/urm/headline.cfm?ID=11385 |archive-date=January 8, 2015 }} He later partnered with The Parodies Shops which had businesses across the U.S. and Canada. He also hosted an annual Jethro Pugh Celebrity Golf Tournament in Dallas to raise funds for the [[United Negro College Fund]].

== Death ==

== Death ==

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