Tom Landry

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American football coach National Football League coach human

Tom Landry was a legendary NFL head coach best known for leading the Dallas Cowboys for nearly three decades, pioneering innovative defensive schemes, and winning two Super Bowls.

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American football coach → National Football League coach → human →
assistantCoachFor	New York Giants →
assistantCoachingTenureEnd	1959 →
assistantCoachingTenureStart	1954 →
causeOfDeath	leukemia →
coachedAlongside	Vince Lombardi →
coachingTenureEnd	1988 →
coachingTenureStart	1960 →
collegeAttended	University of Texas at Austin →
collegeTeamPlayedFor	Texas Longhorns football →
conferenceTitles	5 NFC titles in the 1970s →
conflictParticipatedIn	World War II →
consecutiveWinningSeasons	20 →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1924-09-11 →
dateOfDeath	2000-02-12 →
employer	Dallas Cowboys → New York Giants →
familyName	Landry →
fullName	Thomas Wade Landry →
gamesCoachedWithTeam	418 →
genreOfWork	American football strategy →
givenName	Thomas →
hallOfFameInduction	Pro Football Hall of Fame →
hallOfFameInductionYear	1990 →
headCoachOf	Dallas Cowboys →
honor	Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor inductee →
influenced	Bill Belichick → Jimmy Johnson → many modern NFL defensive coordinators →
jerseyNumberAsPlayer	49 →
jerseyRetiredBy	Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor →
knownFor	creation of the flex defense → development of the 4–3 defense → innovative defensive schemes → stoic sideline demeanor →
league	National Football League →
lossesWithTeam	162 →
marriageStart	1949 →
militaryRole	B-17 bomber co-pilot →
militaryService	United States Army Air Forces →
NFLChampionship	1966 NFL Championship (pre-Super Bowl era, NFC) →
numberOfChildren	3 →
numberOfCombatMissions	30 →
occupation	American football coach → American football player →
placeOfBirth	Mission, Texas, United States →
placeOfDeath	Dallas, Texas, United States →
playedFor	New York Giants → New York Yankees (AAFC) →
playingCareerEnd	1956 →
playingCareerStart	1949 →
playoffAppearances	18 →
positionPlayed	defensive back → punter →
religion	Christianity →
spouse	Alicia Landry →
statueLocation	AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas →
subjectOf	Tom Landry Highway (portion of Interstate 30 in Dallas–Fort Worth) →
SuperBowlTitles	2 →
SuperBowlWin	Super Bowl VI → Super Bowl XII →
teamCoached	Dallas Cowboys →
tiesWithTeam	6 →
trademark	fedora hat →
winsWithTeam	250 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
America's Team →	associatedWithCoach
Super Bowl VI →	coachOfWinningTeam
Super Bowl XII →	coachWinningTeam
Super Bowl V →	cowboysHeadCoach
Dallas Cowboys →	HallOfFameCoach
Super Bowl XIII →	headCoachLosingTeam
Dallas Cowboys–Washington Commanders rivalry →	notableCoachTeam1