Bob Lilly

Bob Lilly

circa 1968
No. 74
Position:	Defensive tackle
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1939-07-26) July 26, 1939 (age 77)
Place of birth:	Olney, Texas
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
High school:	Pendleton (OR) Throckmorton (TX)
College:	TCU
NFL Draft:	1961 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13
AFL draft:	1961 / Round: 2 / Pick: 14
Career history
Dallas Cowboys (1961–1974)
Career highlights and awards
11× Pro Bowl (1962, 1964–1973) 2× Second-team All-Pro (1970, 1972) Super Bowl champion (VI) 7× First-team All-Pro (1964–1969, 1971) NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team NFL 1970s All-Decade Team NFL 1960s All-Decade Team Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor Consensus All-American (1960) 2× All-SWC (1959, 1960)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 196 Interceptions: 1 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

Games played:	196
Interceptions:	1
Player stats at NFL.com

Robert Lewis Lilly (born July 26, 1939), nicknamed "Mr. Cowboy", is a former American football defensive tackle and photographer. After a college career at Texas Christian University (TCU), he played for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL) for fourteen seasons and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.

Born in Olney, Texas, Lilly grew up in Throckmorton, the son of John and Margaret (Redwine) Lilly. Lilly's father and grandfather were both involved in farming and ranching, but the severe 1950s Texas drought forced his family to move at the end of his junior year at Throckmorton High School, where he received All-District honors in football. In basketball he was named All-District and Honorable-mention All-state.

In 1956, Lilly and his family relocated to northeastern Oregon to Pendleton—where his mother had family and jobs were available—for his senior year. At Pendleton High School, he was named All-state in football and second-team All-state in basketball for the Buckaroos. He also was the state javelin champion in track.

Lilly accepted a college football scholarship from Texas Christian University, where he was nicknamed 'Tiger' by his teammates. As a sophomore, he was a part of the team that won the Southwest Conference Championship, where he was mainly a backup (one start).

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