Dallas Cowboys Versus Washington Redskins: A Rivalry For The Aged

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Published: November 22, 2009

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... and most notable rivalries. All of the cliches about "throw the records out the window when these two hook up" really did apply.

There was no love lost between the teams. Cowboys players like Staubach and Lilly really did despise those Redskins. The coaches didn't like them either. And the feeling was mutual. It was, most fans thought, a rivalry for the ages.

Great stories exist between the two franchises, stories that date back to the very birth of the Dallas Cowboys. While original Cowboys' owner Clint Murchison was trying to bring the NFL to Dallas, he bought the rights to the Redskins' anthem, "Hail to the Redskins." Murchison threatened to prevent the Redskins from using the song unless Redskins' owner, George Preston Marshall agreed to back Murchison's bid to land an NFL franchise. Marshall agreed to back the bid and Murchison returned the rights to the song to Marshall.

Then there was the flap over the original NFL "spy gate." Before George Allen became ...

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