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Countdown to the season opener: Day 63 Jethro Pugh

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We’re counting down the days until the Dallas Cowboys battle the Philadelphia Eagles in the season opener of the 2025 NFL season. To pass the time and mark the days, we running through 100 Days of Cowboys. So sit back and enjoy some Cowboys history while we countdown to football.

Today - number 63.

Jethro Pugh

Born: July 3, 1944. Windsor, North Carolina
Position: Defensive tackle
Dallas Cowboys: 1965-1978
Awards: Super Bowl champion- VI, XII
All-Pro- 1968, 1973

NFL: USA TODAY Sports-Archive
NFL: USA TODAY Sports-Archive
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Jethro Pugh played defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys from 1965 to 1978, spending his entire 14-year NFL career with the team.