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Ceremonial Shoutouts To A Few Guys

Ceremonial Shoutouts To A Few Guys


FRISCO, Texas – Nate Newton hit the motherlode this past weekend, sort of one of life’s sweet triple crowns during his induction into the Black College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta on Saturday.

Nate was one of seven inductees into the Class of 2022, having played his college ball at Florida A&M University, an Historically Black College and University located in Tallahassee, Fla.

Newton and his family, wife, two sons, brothers and sisters, were all together that weekend in Atlanta and on Saturday afternoon were able to witness the finish of the city’s Juneteenth Parade at Centennial Park in downtown near the College Football Hall of Fame.

And then on Sunday, why it was Father’s Day, his two sons Trey and King were there to celebrate with him.

“Took care of it all,” Nate said. “Telling you, it was fun. I had the time of the century.”

Not bad for our DallasCowboys.com and Dallas Cowboys Broadcasting Network teammate, Nate and I having spent several years on the Talkin’ Cowboys podcast.

Newton played 13 seasons with the Cowboys (1986-1998), earning six Pro Bowls as an offensive guard and the three Super Bowl rings. Only three Cowboys offensive linemen have been named to more Pro Bowls: Larry Allen (10), Tyron Smith (8) and now Zack Martin (7). But get this, his six match Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle Rayfield Wright.

Boy, I can remember that day this like 350-pound free agent showed up to training camp in Thousand Oaks, Calif., the Cowboys signing him after the USFL had folded that summer. Back then, Cowboys Hall of Fame head coach Tom Landry didn’t like his offensive linemen to weight more than maybe 270 pounds. But Nate was so large the Cowboys didn’t have football pants big enough to fit him for practice.

Former Cowboys assistant equipment manager Jerry Fowler ended up taking two pairs of double-XL pants and sewing them together for Nate, saying at the time, “The Bears got The Fridge but we got “The Kitchen.”

That stuck for several seasons.

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