MEL RENFRO AUTOGRAPHED DALLAS COWBOYS FOOTBALL JERSEY, COA

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THIS IS FOR A CUSTOM MADE DALLAS COWBOYS FOOTBALL JERSEY AUTOGRAPHED BY MEL RENFRO THIS JERSEY HAS A HOLOGRAM COA FROM J&T SPORTS THIS JERSEY IS A SIZE X-LARGE THIS WOULD BE A GREAT GIFT FOR ANY NFL FAN COME GAMEDAY. Melvin Lacy "Mel" Renfro (born December 30, 1941 in Houston, Texas ) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League who spent his entire fourteen-year career with the Dallas Cowboys . One of Renfro's best collegiate games took place against Rice University at Houston in 1962. Renfro shined on both offense and defense, leading the Ducks to a 31-12 victory. Rice Stadium had been a whites-only facility prior to the Ducks' visit, but university officials allowed Renfro's family to enter and sit in a special section of the stadium near the 35-yard line. According to a contemporary account in the Eugene (Ore.) Register-Guard , when Renfro left the game, he was given a loud and appreciative ovation by the Rice crowd. An Oregon sportswriter asked a Houston counterpart in the press box if an African-American had ever received such an ovation by a predominantly white crowd. The Texan enthusiastically replied, "We've never seen any player that good!" The morning after the game, a Houston paper headlined, "Renfro Runs Rice Ragged." In 1986, Renfro was enshrined in the College Football Hall of read more

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