a history of triplets

you know ive always heard that twins run in certain families. so i guess its also possible that
"triplets " can too. the cowboys family certainly has had its share of them. now this might date
me a bit but i can think of 3 sets of triplets that have played for the pokes that any team in the
NFL would have been happy to have.
it also could be that i leave a set out...my memory isnt as good as i pretend it is and in spite of what my son might think i wasnt alive when football was invented. so with that disclaimer i will point
out the "triplets" who have made a mark on Dallas Cowboys football. i will list QB, WR, and RB.
in that order for those who have no clue who these first few names are.

Don Meredith------Bob Hayes-------Don Perkins ( and for at least one year you could substitute a guy named Dan Reeves....you know, the guy who does the commercial for Zocor).

Those 3 guys played some great games even though they never " won the big one ". Hayes
changed the way defense is played and Meredith has always just been one of my favorite
players. Nobody ran tougher than Perkins, and Reeves played his heart out in the "ice bowl "
game that most people have heard about being played on "the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field"

Roger Staubach----Drew Pearson----Tony Dorsett

Man what can i say about these 3. I dont care how good the newest set was in the 90's, these guys used to light it up. Pearson could catch anything anywhere. Dorsett was the absolute
quickest runner i ever saw and he also ran harder than he was given credit for. He could have had a gazillion yards running if Coach Landry would have wanted to run him to death the way
the Oilers did Earl Campbell. As far as Mr. Staubach goes....well you dont get the nicknames
he had ( roger the dodger...captain comeback....captain america ) by being dull and boring to watch. It always felt like the Cowboys were going to win if they didnt run out of time when he
was playing. Their 2 super bowl wins finally got people off Landrys back. ( yep..people used to bad mouth Landry before he became immortal ).

Troy Aikman-----Michael Irvin----Emmitt Smith

Their record speaks for itself, and they deserve all the recognition they get. Aikman was so good when he was good that it just killed the other teams. Irvin wasnt afraid to go against anybody
and Emmitt played with more heart and determination than anybody should. That game against the Giants where he kept pounding in there with a separated shoulder should have shut up anybody who said football players aren't as tough as when they played.

So we've been lucky, or blessed or something to have had players like this. Most teams never manage to have 3 skill players that good at the same time. theres been some other teams but
since they arent the cowboys...........who cares ?? later poke