Jethro Pugh Jr. (July 3, 1944 – January 7, 2015) was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys for fourteen seasons. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. He played college football at Elizabeth City State College. “He was a powerful guy.”Subscribe for unlimited digital access to the news that matters to your community. Just a great competitor. Jethro Pugh, a durable lineman for the Dallas Cowboys who played in four Super Bowls as part of a famed unit nicknamed the Doomsday Defense, died on Wednesday.
He was on teams that lost to Baltimore and Pittsburgh.The final season for Pugh was 1978, when he played in 13 regular-season games but missed the playoffs, including a loss to Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl.“He would have been a top 10-type player in the draft today,” Brandt said. He was well beyond his years.”Pugh never made the Pro Bowl in 14 seasons, while teammates Lilly, Randy White, Mel Renfro, Cliff Harris and Chuck Howley combined for 42 all-star appearances. 75 for the Dallas Cowboys, during Super Bowl V on Jan. 17, 1971. Jethro Pugh passed away on January 7, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. But the guy was a tremendous athlete. He was 70. He was 70.
DeMarcus Ware, the franchise sacks leader, was the only other to do it. Relatives said he died of natural causes. Pugh was concerned about his future and told the Cowboys to set aside $1,000 in deferred compensation. “He was a tremendous person. He had long arms.
Pugh, a native of Windsor, N.C., was picked in the 11th round of the 1965 NFL Draft out of tiny Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, N.C.
(Kidwiler Collection / Diamond Images / Getty Images) Pugh became a successful businessman and entrepreneur, with five gift shops at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.But he will always be remembered for his time with the Cowboys as an integral part of the Doomsday Defense, playing left tackle next to Hall of Famer Bob Lilly at right tackle.Mr. The guy will be missed.”The Jerry Bullitt Training Center was host to football and volleyball camps on back-to-back weekends in July. Former Cowboys scout Gil Brandt, who was in charge of recruiting Mr. Pugh out of Elizabeth City State, said he never got his due because he played next to Lilly.But Brandt said Mr. Pugh was great in his own right and would be a first-round draft pick today.“He was a pup when we got him,” Brandt said.
He could do anything.”His values, which paved the way for his successful business career, were on display when he signed his first contract with the Cowboys for $10,000 and a $1,500 signing bonus.Mr. Jethro was born on July 3, 1944 in Windsor, North Carolina, where … Smart. The Baltimore Colts beat the Cowboys, 16-13. This report includes material from the Star-Telegram archives. He was 70.The team said Pugh died of natural causes Wednesday, four days before the Cowboys were to play their first NFL postseason game in Green Bay since the famous Ice Bowl in 1967.Pugh and Hall of Famer Bob Lilly were fellow defensive linemen who endured sub-zero temperatures in a 21-17 Dallas loss that sent the Packers to a second straight title at the start of the Super Bowl era with a victory over Oakland.“He was a terribly unsung person among that bunch of great players we had,” said Gil Brandt, who was the personnel director when the Cowboys drafted Pugh in the 11th round in 1965.Pugh was the first Dallas player to lead the team in sacks five straight seasons (1968 to 1972).
“He was big, long arms, very athletic, very fast. Pugh played defensive tackle for Dallas from 1965 to 1978 and is sixth on the club’s all-time sack chart, finishing his Cowboys career with 951/2.
He learned from coach Tom Landry that awards don’t define a man.“Coach Landry was so fair and honest. Jethro Pugh, an unsung member of the Doomsday Defense that helped the Dallas Cowboys win two Super Bowls in the 1970s, has died.