Editing Jerry Jones (section)

==Early life==
Jones was born in [[Los Angeles]], California, to John "Pat" and Arminta Jones. The family moved back to [[North Little Rock, Arkansas]], in 1945.<ref>Dent, Jim. ''King of the Cowboys: The Life and Times of Jerry Jones'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=yPo1JGwOkVgC&q=%22jerry+jones%22+1945+angeles&dq=%22jerry+jones%22+1945+angeles p. 214] (Adams Media Corporation, 1995): "Pat Jones moved his family back from Los Angeles to North Little Rock in 1945."</ref> His parents owned two branches of Pat's Super Market in the Rose City neighborhood of North Little Rock.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bestofarkansassports.com/jerry-jones-clan-in-north-little-rock |title=Only known remaining image of the store in which Jerry Jones grew up - Best of Arkansas Sports |date=January 4, 2012 |access-date=February 26, 2018}}</ref> Jones was a [[running back]] at [[North Little Rock High School]], graduating in 1960.

After his graduation, Jones' parents moved to [[Springfield, Missouri]], where Pat was president and chairman of Modern Security Life Insurance Co. The company, which an advertisement billed as a "one in a million" company, saw its assets increase from $440,299.76 in its first statement in 1961 to $6,230,607 in 1965 ($4,643,041.96 to $62,365,606.91 in 2024). After graduating from the [[University of Arkansas]], Jerral W. Jones was listed as an executive vice president.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17250991/springfield_leader_19660220_p20 |title=Springfield Leader 1966-02-20 p20 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=February 20, 1966 |access-date=February 11, 2018}}</ref> With the success of the company, the Joneses assembled the {{convert|5500|acre|ha|adj=on}} Buena Vista Ranch east of Springfield in [[Rogersville, Missouri]], in the [[Ozark Mountains]]. In 1971, after selling the insurance company, the couple carved out {{convert|400|acre|ha}} of their ranch to start Buena Vista Animal Paradise, where tourists could visit exotic animals (now Wild Animal Safari in [[Strafford, Missouri]], just south of [[Interstate 44]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/news-leader/obituary.aspx?pid=160636806 |title=Arminta Jones Obituary - Springfield, MO &#124; News-Leader |publisher=Legacy.com |access-date=February 11, 2018}}</ref>

===College football career===
Jones attended the [[University of Arkansas]], where he was a member of [[Kappa Sigma]] fraternity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kappasigma.org/prominent-alumni/ |title=Prominent Alumni - Kappa Sigma Fraternity |website=kappasigma.org |access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> He was co-captain of Arkansas' [[1964 Arkansas Razorbacks football team|1964 national championship]] football team. He was an [[offensive lineman]] for [[College Football Hall of Fame]] coach [[Frank Broyles]] and a teammate of college football and NFL coach [[Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)|Jimmy Johnson]], whom Jones hired as his first head coach after purchasing the Cowboys.<ref name=":0" />

Other notable teammates were [[Glen Ray Hines]], a consensus [[All-American]] [[offensive tackle]]; [[Ken Hatfield]], who went on to coach several major programs including Arkansas; [[Jim Lindsey]]; future [[Outland Trophy]] winner [[Loyd Phillips]]; and College Football Hall of Fame [[linebacker]] [[Ronnie Caveness]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.arkansasnews.com/article/20141011/SPORTS/310119939 |title=Arkansas Celebrates 1964 National Title Team |date=October 11, 2014 |website=Arkansas News Bureau |language=en|access-date=June 21, 2019}}</ref> Several future head coaches were assistant coaches for Broyles on the [[Arkansas Razorbacks football|Razorbacks]]' staff during Jones' college career in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]], including three more members of the College Football Hall of Fame: [[Hayden Fry]] ([[SMU Mustangs football|Southern Methodist University]], [[North Texas Mean Green football|North Texas State University]], and the [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|University of Iowa]]); [[Johnny Majors]] ([[Iowa State Cyclones football|Iowa State University]], [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|University of Pittsburgh]], and the [[Tennessee Volunteers football|University of Tennessee]]), and [[Barry Switzer]] ([[Oklahoma Sooners football|University of Oklahoma]], and later head coach of the Cowboys under Jones).<ref name=":1" />

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