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Cowboys news: Gil Brandt selected to the Hall of Fame; it’s Super Bowl Sunday!

2019 Pro Football Hall of Fame class: Meet the newest members - Jeff Legwold, ESPN
The Cowboys have added another member of their family to the Hall of Fame as Gil Brandt will be inducted on August 3rd in Canton, Ohio.

GIL BRANDT | VP OF PLAYER PERSONNEL , Dallas Cowboys, 1960-1989

How teams evaluate players can be traced to Brandt’s long run with the Cowboys, including the use of computers, tracking multisport athletes and mining small-college talent.

Why he was elected: The Cowboys with Brandt, Tom Landry and Tex Schramm are generally credited, in addition to the success on the field, with bringing scouting and the evaluation of players into the computer age.