After all, I did it for Tex and Tom for 20 years. Trouble began after John's death in an auto accident in 1979, which forced the dissolution of his partnership with. Burrough chronicles the rise and fall of Clint Murchison Jr., from his pinnacle as owner of the Dallas Cowboys to the collapse of his empire in bankruptcy. Hole in the Roof: The Dallas Cowboys, Clint Murchison Jr., and the (for me)in this is the one, Clint Murchison, Sr. who founded the fortunes in the oilfield . Now, they would pee on an electric fence to get Kenny to sing the national anthem. Jones saw what Clint Jr. envisioned with the creation of Texas Stadium. Clint Murchison Sr. was among the richest of Texas oilmen, appearing on the cover of Time magazine in 1954 with an estimated net worth of more than $300 million. News | Clint Murchison Jr. Clinton Williams Murchison Jr. (September 12, 1923 - March 30, 1987) was a businessman and founder of the Dallas Cowboys football team. Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2017. Photo Courtesy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Arlington, Texas. Clint Sr. was born in 1895 in Athens, a small hamlet in East Texas. He also happened to be far more socially adept, comfortable in high society in ways his brother never was nor hoped to be. He also longed for a symbol of redemption a state-of-the-art stadium that could go a long way toward restoring a depressed downtown in the wake of President John F. Kennedys assassination on Elm Street in Dallas in 1963. New Yorkborn J. Erik Jonsson, a chap of Swedish descent who served as mayor of Dallas from 1964 to 1971, and Fair Park guardian Robert B. Cullum, who owned a supermarket chain that took as its namesake fairy tale hero Tom Thumb, thwarted at every turn Clint Jr.s quixotic crusade to construct a stadium in downtown Dallas, which he hoped to buttress with a lavish new performing arts center and art museum. After his father's death in 1969, Mr. Murchison and his brother John ran an array of companies described as ''obscure, fantastic and phantasmagorical'' by Philip I. Palmer Jr., a lawyer who handled the Murchison bankruptcy case in 1985. Clint Murchi-son Jr. was there-he was already desperately ill. Conspiracy regarding Kennedy Assassination, Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, "How the 'America's Team' Dallas Cowboys transformed the city's image after JFK assassination", "Meet the man several Dallas legends want to see in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: 'Without him, there would be no' Cowboys", https://www.worldcat.org/title/clint-murchison-meeting-november-21-1963/oclc/51629169, "Texas Business Legends - Texas Business Hall of Fame", Anne Murchison Found Clint, Oil Money and the Cowboys Weren't EnoughWithout God, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clint_Murchison_Jr.&oldid=1135885754. Murchison's laissez-faire attitude has been credited by many Cowboys fans as the driving force in the team's 20 consecutive winning seasons from 19661985 (including five Super Bowl appearances and including two Super Bowl championships). Clint Murchison, Jr. | Military Wiki | Fandom And yet, his wealth continued to grow. Just one story in the folklore is how one night, Clint Sr. drove to Wichita Falls, near the Oklahoma border, fueled by a rumor hed heard about a wildcat well ready to start pumping black gold. They had gotten as far as seeding the field with hundreds of pounds of chicken feed and smuggling a couple hundred chickens into the stadium. Despite sporting radically different personalities, the two agreed to co-own the Cowboys via their partnership, with each owning half of the 90% of total ownership. : Carving out their own reality, the 2020 Cowboys continued their reign of having the Leagues highest attendance, with Jones luring 197,313 fans to Arlington. St.Martin's Press, New York, 1989. jccdallas.org/event/hole-in-the-roof. Texas Stadium redefined the sports stadium. The stadium with the hole in its roof served as the home of Americas Team from 1971 until the end of the 2008 football season, after which its primary tenant moved to what became AT&T Stadium in Arlington, where taxpayers funded $325 million of the overall daunting tab of $1.2 billion. In 1960, the National Football League approved a franchise for Dallas, and Murchison, along with Bedford Wynne, was the franchisee or license holder. And Emmitt Smith is gonna get a lot more than Duane Thomas for doing almost exactly what Duane did on the field. Bio | Clint Murchison Jr. The new stadium has yet to lay claim to a Super Bowl-winning Cowboys team. Boy, did they prosper. I am on shaky ground. And so it is with the story that our book, Hole in the Roof, will expose between its front and back covers. He couldnt believe this guy in a beard and hip huggers and love beads had somehow gotten onto the Cotton Bowl sidelines and into our locker room. The more it changes, the more it stays the same. The station was not a financial success, and joined forces with the Caroline organization to become the southern station of Radio Caroline. A 'Wheeler-Dealer' Nature. Finally, I could make out the word cowboy. He said he hoped to buy a twin-engine, six-passenger crop duster on which he could add a large fuel tank. This went on for five minutes a night, five nights a week on Channel 4. Television has convinced a whole generation that success in sports requires a professional career and a stack of product endorsements. Clint Sr was a former wildcatter who got into the oil business right after World War 1. They slapped down $50,000 on the spot to buy the leases. Anyone can read what you share. Murchison suggested hiring Landry away from his job as a defensive coach with the New York Giants. It represented a new vanguard in American stadia, just as its predecessor had when it opened for football on a sunlit afternoon on Oct. 24, 1971, with halfback Duane Thomas notching its first score on a 56-yard touchdown run that served as a lyrical foreshadowing of what would happen months later: The Cowboys captured their first championship, beating the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI in New Orleans by the lopsided score of 243. She writes about luxury properties, food and lifestyle in Dallas. We were) finally playing to sold-out crowds after seven years of struggle. In other words, as Cowboys fixtures, they lasted even longer than Clint. Theres a bar room with a hidden basement or wine cellar below, and a third-level game room, according to details provided by the agent. Enjoy unlimited access to all of our incredible journalism, in print and digital. 1 looked at Carters shirt where the outline of a cowboy on a bucking horse was stitched over his heart. Clint W. Murchison Jr., the scion of a Texas wildcat oil family who created the Dallas Cowboys football team, died Monday night. More than $500 million in liabilities have been filed against the Murchison estate in the last two years. All in a days work. He s piiinchin me. He was a 21-year-old kid and pinching was a three syllable word where he came from. Reeves came back to the huddle after carrying the ball. Lawyers involved in the case called it one of the largest personal bankruptcy cases in United States history.[2]. Michael Granberry was born and grew up in Dallas. Throughout his business career, Mr. Murchison started and participated in a number of industries, including a taxicab company, publishing, life insurance, restaurants, banks and residential construction. These included the establishment of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys franchise, real estate development, construction, home building, restaurants and financing the offshore pirate radio station called Radio Nord. He rarely exchanged pleasantries and ignored people he knew when he would see them on the street or in the elevator. I was an account executive for Tracy-Locke advertising and we were handling a new Frito-Lay product called Doritos. [1] He died of pneumonia in 1987 at age 63 in Dallas,[2] and is buried at Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in North Dallas. By some accounts, John was responsible for a conservative viewpoint that helped hold in check the ''wheeler-dealer'' nature of his elder brother. During the outrageously troubled 2020 season, 13 National Football League teams 13! Failing health and changing financial markets forced Murchison to sell the Cowboys in 1984. Like many . The home has six additional bedrooms, two of which are in what is designated as the guest suite. 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My son knew who Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin were before they joined the Cowboys. Viewers the world over had to wait until Nov. 21, 1980, to learn the answer to the question that sparked international curiosity: Who Shot J.R.? We could not tell the story of Clint Jr. without sharing our view that all good stories fall into three categories: history, comedy or tragedy. Murchison funded radio entrepreneur Gordon McLendon to create a floating commercial (pirate radio) station called Radio Nord aboard the motor vessel Bon Jour, anchored in the Stockholm archipelago. Clint Jr., probably best known as the builder and first owner of the Dallas Cowboys, was also a philanderer and deal-maker. Bright said Mr. Murchison once read an uncomplimentary news article about the Dallas Cowboys and himself. Murchison quickly established his vision and then hired qualified executives to implement strategies to accomplish the goals. Clinton Williams Murchison Jr. (September 12, 1923 March 30, 1987) was a businessman and founder of the Dallas Cowboys football team. His hires included Tex Schramm as general manager and Tom Landry as head coach. John Murchison and his brother Clint Murchison Jr. were the first owners of the Dallas Cowboys. John collected art as an investment. He spent 19 years at the Los Angeles Times before returning to Dallas. One of the first to make nationwide headlines was the youngest of Hunt's sons: shy, well-mannered Lamar. Most of it was written over the last 30 years, beginning before my son was born and culminating in recent years as I listened to what my son knew about the Dallas Cowboys and professional football. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. For public libraries interested in the history of the oil business or Texas, or in the exploits of the wealthy. "[6], As the team floundered through their first few seasons and critics called for Landry's firing, Murchison backed his coach by handing him a 10-year contract. And, right now, in the euphoric afterglow of victory that has to be covering the Metroplex like a constant fog, it would be difficult to find fault with two guys from Arkansas. Mr. Murchison, whose fortune reached an estimated $250 million in 1984, according to Forbes magazine, was recently beset with financial difficulties brought on by the collapse of the real estate market and global oil prices. On January 31, 1993, he was euphoric. And prospered. And theyll beat Buffalos no-huddle offense by sacking Jim Kelly and causing a lot of fumbles and interceptions. Carter tells me that the week before the game. What most of America doesnt know is that he, too, was revolutionary. This is the journey we share how Clint Murchison Jr. created the prototype, giving the Cowboys and the rest of professional sports the blueprint of a new model. I guess thats good. And what a world it was. Clint Murchison: Craziest Dallas Cowboys Owner Ever - The Landry Hat When I see Bobby Knight throw a fit on television and realize my son is going to have to deal with a high-school coach who thinks mats the way to behave, I mourn for high-school sports and the quick, bloody death of so many young dreams. The theory suggests that Murchison's connections to certain Dallas industrialists as well as influence in American politics, at the time, facilitated the assassination of the president. Clinton Williams Murchison Jr. (September 12, 1923 - March 30, 1987) was a businessman and founder of the Dallas Cowboys football team. With its mix of popular music, DJ's and news, Radio Nord became very popular. Hot Property: 23 Ash Bluff Lane, $8.95 Million - D Magazine Its cast of supporting actors included silent brother John. In 1927 he founded a company that was to become the Southern Union Gas Company in Dallas. His father loved to stay borrowed up to the hilt. (Perhaps its no coincidence that H.L. I cant see how theyre only a 7-point favorite. He was socially aloof to the point many considered downright rude. Unable to strike a bargain with the City of Dallas, he elected to build a new stadium in Irving, Texas. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations. It represented an alliance of the founders sons, older brother John and younger brother Clint. Its the only way I can deal with mis particular dilemma. The primary suite has its own wing, which amounts to more than 2,000 square feet. The battle widened when Murchison bought the copyrights to Hail to the Redskins out from under Marshall and used the song as a bargaining chip to force Marshall to drop his opposition to Clints bid. [8], According to some conspiracy theorists, Murchison's home in Dallas hosted a meeting on the evening of November 21, 1963 (one day before the assassination of John F Kennedy). Forbes magazine assessed its value in 2021 at $5.7 billion the sixth consecutive year the Cowboys were ranked as the worlds most valuable sports company. Clint William Murchison Jr. was the last surviving son of Clint Murchison Sr., a Texas wildcatter who rode the oil boom of the 1920's to fame and fortune. Do you think theyll go to the Super Bowl five times like the Cowboys of the 70s did? Why am I on Landrys side again? He has switched to Black Entertainment Television and Ice Cube is rapping Givin Up The Nappy Dug Out. Texas Stadium and its hole in the roof would not have existed had it not been for the Cowboys founder, Clint Murchison Jr. His father, Clint Murchison Sr., was one of the most iconic names in the history of Texas oil, the world that gave rise to J.R. Ewing. Thats not what being young is supposed to be about, anyway. The Aaron Family Jewish Community Center of Dallas will also host the authors, on Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. at the center, 7900 Northaven Road, Dallas. How Lamar Hunt and Clint Murchison Jr. cooked up the first Super Bowl. In her first book, Wolfe, former society editor of the Dallas Morning News , gives a superb glimpse of the personal lives and family dynamics of these millionaires whose bankruptcy in 1985 stunned both the state of Texas and the nation's financial community. Willie Nelson and Roger Miller, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Doors. Except for one play and they called that one back. From now on, you're on your own.[4]. Tom didnt like the idea of off-the-field jobs, let alone TV product endorsements. The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes, The Wolfberry Chronicle: And Other Permian Basin Tales From The Henry Oil Company. Most of what Clint said was unintelligible, but he kept pointing with his cane and trying to talk. They cant even figure out how guys like me ever got to be 50. But Don Perkins never played in a Super Bowl. The Los Angeles coliseum was half empty, and the crowd was asked to sit opposite the press box so that TV audiences would have the impression that there were lots of people in attendance. I weigh 142 pounds.'' The Murchisons - the rise and fall of a Texas dynasty, by Jane Wolfe. Its the least I can do. [7] On the eve of the Dallas Cowboys' first Super Bowl he wrote to coach Tom Landry, Dear Tom: I have taught you all I can. Mr. Murchison, who had been debilitated. Free to hear the presentation, $30 to buy the book. The two men sustained their roles for almost three decades until Jones bought the team. Son of legendary Texas oil man Clint Murchison Sr., he enlisted in the Marine Corps after the attack on Pearl Harbor, earned an electrical engineering degree from Duke University and a master's in mathematics from MIT. No spam, ever. Wolfe gives a colorful description of a quiet, unpretentious man whose financial acumen and brilliant use of leverage helped him build a multimillion-dollar conglomerate. Hunt and Hugh Roy Cullen, American folk heroes in the making. Does the Creator of the Cowboys Really Belong in the Hall of Fame? For all my negative feelings about pro football, I can think of no better example to describe the best of life in the NFL in the 60s. He liked to use what bankers called leverage use a small amount of capital and a large loan to gain control of a company with large assets. His philosophy was simplistic enough, once telling his sons, "Money is like . And not very bright. During their first five seasons, the Cowboys lost $3 million and failed to win more than five games a season. He says theyll only run Emmitt Smith about 10 times in the first half and then run him down Buffalos throat in the second half. The Cowboys played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas since their inception in 1960. After all, Michael Irvin makes about $1.2 million and drives a Mercedes. In 1984, an ailing Murchison[4] sold the Dallas Cowboys to an investment syndicate led by Bum Bright, a Dallas area businessman who had a background in banking/financial services and in oil/gas production. The elder Murchison died in 1969, almost a decade into Clint Jr.s Cowboys experiment, which his father only reluctantly supported, despite the fact that, by the time Clint Sr. died, the Cowboys were a sports-world juggernaut. His 2 sons then extended the empire to Wall Street in the 1950s and pro football in the 1960s--they started the Dallas Cowboys. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. He was a wide receiver for the Cowboys, and then he wrote North Dallas Forty. I thought you didnt like Landry and Schramm. Carter doesnt take his eyes off the screen, which is filled with oversized behinds, shaking like wet dogs. J. R. crumpled to the floor with a gunshot wound in the cliffhanger episode that aired on March 21, 1980. The answer to the mystery revealed itself in what was then the highest-rated episode in television history, titled Who Done It?, luring an estimated 83 million viewers more than the number of voters in that years presidential election. Murchison fought a rare nerve disease called olivopontocerebellar atrophy[4] and was in a wheelchair in his final years. The bonds were in denominations of $250. , Dimensions Clint Murchison's Special Magic was to allow cognitive dissonance to exist and flourish in order to establish and maintain the Cowboy's unique culture for more than 25 years. Somebody get that gol durn Bill Glass, Reeves said in his angry Georgia drawl. The first of its kind in the NFL, it was originally intended to be part of a 160-acre mixed use development. 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Then Clint slowly lifted his cane and smilingly pointed at the front of Carters pullover shirt. Undaunted, these rich Dallas tycoons would get drunk, make prank calls to George Preston Marshall in the middle of the night and cluck into the phone. Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Clint Jr. did, too. She has written for dozens of newspapers and magazines, including "The New York Times" and "Town & Country.". Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2015. . Now he has a 16-year-old son who sees the team and the sport very differently than he did. I just didnt like the way they treated peo-ple. After all, I made more money in the offseason in an advertising printing business with Bobby Hayes than I ever made in football. His is an exciting journey during the golden age of journalism, and his biography will be required reading for journalism and medical students alike. I stood. ''One of his greatest satisfactions besides the Cowboys was Texas Stadium, the home of the Cowboys,'' John D. O'Connell, a longtime friend and business associate, said of Clinton Murchison. He sat on the board of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, which lingered in Fair Park, in the shadow of the Cotton Bowl, until 1984, when it moved to downtown Dallas as the newly christened Dallas Museum of Art. 1 dont know how Johnson treats people. Carter glances at me as two fat VJs start prancing around and talking at us. The News described it as Murchisons country home, a 25-room house with an air-conditioned basement. John Murchison and his brother Clint Murchison Jr. were the first owners of the Dallas Cowboys. After its patriarch passed away, the family empire prevailed under a partnership called Murchison Brothers. He was named a finalist for the 2020 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a contributor, however he was not elected. Between his junior and senior years, he interned at The Washington Post during "the Watergate summer" of 1973. Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous - The Texas Observer The huddle turned strangely quiet for a moment. Eventually, skyrocketing interest rates and plummeting oil and real estate prices led him to one of the largest personal bankruptcies in history. Smith will get over 100 yards rushing, he says. Despite politics and religious issues being banned at the station, it was stopped when the Swedish government introduced new legislation in the spring of 1962, criminalizing the act of buying commercials on the station. Over the next 20 years I wrote three more novels, several screenplays, dozens of newspaper and magazine articles and saw my screenplay of North Dallas Forty made into a major motion picture starring Nick Nolte. , ISBN-10 In 1971,1 began to write my first novel-North Dallas Forty, which would be published in 1973 to critical acclaim and to dismay in the Cowboys front office. There he teamed up with boyhood friend Richardson, who was nibbling at the edges of a scary new enterprise oil leases. Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2002, This book proved to be a very good read.You are shown how the, Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2007. The huskies would go after the chickens and that would be the best halftime show ever. Bright said Mr. Murchison replied with a letter that read: ''Dear Ed, you are full of prunes. An unassuming, softspoken native of Tyler, Tex., Mr. Murchison (pronounced MER-kiss-un) was born Sept. 5, 1921, the son of Clint W. Murchison Sr., who made a fortune in the . Catch up on the day's news you need to know. After everybody finished laughing and Danny finished blushing (which he did often), Meredith called the next play and we went on to beat Cleveland. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. Ive heard that before. Its like that. John excelled, in Woolleys words, in such three-piece-suit enterprises as banking and insurance. And yet, it was money that Clint Sr. and his wife would not be able to share. For the most part, Murchison was a hands-off owner, delegating a great deal of operational control of the Cowboys to general manager Tex Schramm, head coach Tom Landry and scouting/personnel director Gil Brandt. If that name sounds familiar, it may be. During those years, I watched from the outside as professional football became a billion-dollar business, with the Super Bowl its showcase event. Watch what they do to Buffalo. They dress like 1 did on my TV show in 1967. He received a master's degree in mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was talking about the very place I made my living in the 60s. It sits on property that was part of the Dallas Polo Club in the 1920s, she said. COMING IN 2022 FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS. , St Martins Pr; 1st edition (January 1, 1989), Language Carter and the latest version of the Cowboys have a lot in common. I finished out my career with the Giants playing for the Mara family-I cant stand the Maras-so Ill pull for them to win games and lose money. The Murchisons: The Rise and Fall of a Texas Dynasty. As Woolley wrote, The Boss and his sons got into the construction business, for instance, with only $20,000 of their money and an $80,000 promissory note. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. Washington Redskins owner George Preston Marshall hated Clint Murchison Jr. because, to get the Dallas franchise, Murchison lobbed money on Congress to force the Redskins to give up their virtual broadcast monopoly of professional football in the South in 1960. [1][2] A son of Clint Murchison Sr., who made his first fortune in oil exploration and became notorious for exploiting the sale of "hot oil", Clint and his surviving brother inherited their father's wealth and business interests to which Clint Jr. added ventures of his own. Get the latest news from Steve Brown and the business staff.