Peyton Manning. Tom Matte. Reggie Wayne. Art Donovan. Johnny Unitas. Dallas Clark. T. Y. Hilton. Raymond Berry. Mike Curtis. Eric Dickerson. Ted Hendricks. Andrew Luck. Dwight Freeney. Lenny Moore. Adam Vinatieri. Bob Sanders. Bubba Smith.
What do all of these National Football League (NFL) players have in common? First, each is - or was – an exceptional player of the Indianapolis or Baltimore Colts. Secondly, if pro football had succeeded in Texas in the 1950’s, each of the aforementioned players would have played for Dallas.
In 1952, the first-ever major league team in any sport to call Dallas home was the Dallas Texans of the NFL.