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Tex Schramm
Dead
Born: 6/2/1920 in San Gabriel, California, USADied: 7/15/2003
Age: 83
Cause of death: not reported
Full name: Texas Earnest Schramm Jr.
Noted For: sports executive; administrator, Los Angeles Rams (1947-56); president and GM, Dallas Cowboys (1960-89). His Cowboys teams had 20 straight winning seasons (1966-85); had key role in AFL-NFL merger (1966); advocate of six-division and wild-card concepts; advocate of instant replay; enshrined in the football Hall of Fame (1991).
