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Ex-Cowboys RB Walt Garrison, who competed in rodeos, dies at 79

DALLAS -- Walt Garrison, who led the Big 8 in rushing as an Oklahoma State Cowboy, won a Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys, and in the NFL offseason competed as a rodeo cowboy, has died. He was 79.

The NFL team said in a story posted on its website Thursday that Garrison died overnight. It did not give a cause of death.

A fifth-round draft choice out of Oklahoma State University, Garrison played nine years in Dallas and retired in 1974 as the No. 3 rusher and No. 4 receiver in franchise history.