1972 – Sports Illustrated Magazine – Walt Garrison on Cover

Circa 1972


THE ITEM

Dated September 18, 1972. Cover features a photo of Dallas Cowboys football player Walt Garrison, a graduate of Lewisville High School.

THE HISTORY

Walt Garrison was born July 23, 1944, in Denton and grew up in Lewisville on his family’s homestead, near the current site of Music City Mall. He was two types of cowboy, a fullback with the Dallas Cowboys and a professional rodeo competitor. Garrison played football at Oklahoma State and was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 1966. He was starting fullback in the 1971 Super Bowl. He is a member of the LHS Hall of Fame and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.