{"id":1251196,"date":"2020-10-19T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1251196"},"modified":"2020-10-19T17:00:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T21:00:01","slug":"the-dallas-cowboys-have-an-unwritten-rule-about-jersey-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/the-dallas-cowboys-have-an-unwritten-rule-about-jersey-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dallas Cowboys Have an Unwritten Rule About Jersey Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As America's Team<\/a>, the Dallas Cowboys stand in for NFL fans who don't live in a city with a team. And their owner, Jerry Jones<\/a>, is hands-on with players and coaches. But the uniqueness doesn't stop there. Much as the Yankees have a number of old, strange traditions<\/a>, the Cowboys have quirks, too. Dallas does not, under any circumstances, officially retire jersey numbers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet the team still fiercely honors the great players from franchise history. So how does this all work? Let's learn more about the endearingly convoluted way<\/a> the Cowboys handle their jersey numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dallas Cowboys' odd handling of important jersey numbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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