Editing Dallas Cowboys (section)

===Ring of Honor===
{{Main|Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor}}
Unlike many NFL teams, the Cowboys do not retire jersey numbers of past standouts as a matter of policy. Instead, the team has a [[Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor|"Ring of Honor"]], which is on permanent display encircling the field. Originally at Texas Stadium, the ring is now on display at [[AT&T Stadium]] in Arlington. The first inductee was Bob Lilly in 1975 and by 2005, the ring contained 17 names, all former Dallas players except for one head coach and one general manager/president.

The Ring of Honor has been a source of controversy over the years. Tex Schramm was believed to be a "one-man committee" in choosing inductees and many former Cowboys players and fans felt that Schramm deliberately excluded linebacker [[Lee Roy Jordan]] because of a bitter contract dispute the two had during Jordan's playing days. When Jerry Jones bought the team he inherited Schramm's Ring of Honor "power" and immediately inducted Jordan.

Jones also has sparked controversy regarding his decisions in handling the "Ring of Honor". For four years he was unsuccessful in convincing Tom Landry to accept induction. Meanwhile, he refused to induct Tex Schramm (even after Schramm's induction to the Pro Football Hall of Fame). In 1993, thanks in part to the efforts of Roger Staubach as an intermediary, Landry accepted induction and had a ceremony on the day of that year's Cowboys-Giants game (Landry had played and coached for the Giants). In 2003, Jones chose to induct Tex Schramm. Schramm and Jones held a joint press conference at Texas Stadium announcing the induction. Schramm did not live to see his ceremonial induction at the Cowboys-Eagles game that fall.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

Troy Aikman, all-time NFL leading rusher Emmitt Smith, and Michael Irvin, known as "The Triplets", were inducted into the Ring of Honor during halftime at a Monday Night Football home game against the archrival Washington Redskins on September 19, 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-09-20 |title='Triplets' honored: Aikman, Emmitt, Irvin in Dallas' Ring |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2166604 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

Defensive end [[Charles Haley]], offensive lineman [[Larry Allen]], and wide receiver [[Drew Pearson (American football)|Drew Pearson]] were inducted into the Ring of Honor during halftime of the Cowboys' game vs. the [[2011 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks]] on November 6, 2011.<ref name="j961">{{cite web | title=Pearson, Haley, Allen going to Cowboys' Ring of Honor | website=NFL.com | date=2011-08-19 | url=https://www.nfl.com/news/pearson-haley-allen-going-to-cowboys-ring-of-honor-09000d5d821972a8 | access-date=2024-08-05}}</ref>

Safety [[Darren Woodson]] was inducted on November 1, 2015.<ref name="h811">{{cite web | last=Archer | first=Todd | title=Darren Woodson's Ring of Honor dream comes true | website=ESPN.com | date=2015-08-04 | url=https://www.espn.com/blog/dallas-cowboys/post/_/id/4743838/darren-woodsons-ring-of-honor-dream-comes-true | access-date=2024-08-05}}</ref> Executive [[Gil Brandt]] was inducted on November 29, 2018.<ref name="v788">{{cite web | title=Gil Brandt Announced Into Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor | website=DallasCowboys.com | date=2018-11-02 | url=https://www.dallascowboys.com/photos/gil-brandt-announced-into-dallas-cowboys-ring-of-honor | access-date=2024-08-05}}</ref>

The most recent inductees were [[DeMarcus Ware]], who was inducted on October 29, 2023, and [[Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)|Jimmy Johnson]], who was inducted on December 30, 2023.<ref name="x244">{{cite web | last=Boykins | first=William A. | title=DeMarcus Ware inducted into the Ring of Honor | website=Dallas Cowboys | date=2023-10-29 | url=https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/demarcus-ware-inducted-into-the-ring-of-honor#:~:text=Ware%20becomes%20the%20ninth%20defensive,Ware%2C%20the%20No. | access-date=2024-08-05}}</ref><ref name="u575">{{cite web | last=Eatman | first=Nick | title=Jimmy Johnson opens up about Ring of Honor induction | website=Dallas Cowboys | date=2023-12-31 | url=https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/jimmy-johnson-opens-up-about-ring-of-honor-induction | access-date=2024-08-05}}</ref>

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|[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] finalist<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/YearlyFinalists.jsp| title = Pro Football Hall of Fame finalists by Year}}</ref>
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|Inducted or Enshrined in the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
| style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Dallas Cowboys|border=2}}"|'''No.''' || style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Dallas Cowboys|border=2}}"|'''Name''' || style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Dallas Cowboys|border=2}}"|'''Position ''' || style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Dallas Cowboys|border=2}}"|'''Years With Club''' || style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Dallas Cowboys|border=2}}"|'''Inducted'''
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| 74 ||style="background:#ff9"|[[Bob Lilly]] || DT || 1961&ndash;1974 || November 23, 1975 
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| 17 || [[Don Meredith]] || QB || 1960&ndash;1968 || November 7, 1976 
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| 43 || [[Don Perkins]] || FB || 1961&ndash;1968 || November 7, 1976 
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| 54 || style="background:#ff9"|[[Chuck Howley]] || LB || 1961&ndash;1973 || October 30, 1977 
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| 20 || style="background:#ff9"|[[Mel Renfro]] || CB || 1964&ndash;1977 || October 25, 1981 
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| 12 || style="background:#ff9"|[[Roger Staubach]] || QB || 1969&ndash;1979 || October 9, 1983 
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| 55 || style="background:#cfecec"|[[Lee Roy Jordan]] || LB, C || 1963&ndash;1976 || October 29, 1989
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| — || style="background:#ff9"|[[Tom Landry]] || Head Coach || 1960&ndash;1988 || November 7, 1993 
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| 33 || style="background:#ff9"|[[Tony Dorsett]] || RB || 1977&ndash;1987 || October 9, 1994 
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| 54 || style="background:#ff9"|[[Randy White (American football)|Randy White]] || DT, LB, DE || 1975&ndash;1988 || October 9, 1994 
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| 22 || style="background:#ff9"|[[Bob Hayes]] || WR || 1965&ndash;1974 || September 23, 2001 
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| — || style="background:#ff9"|[[Tex Schramm]] || General Manager || 1960&ndash;1989 || October 12, 2003
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| 43 || style="background:#ff9"|[[Cliff Harris]] || S || 1970&ndash;1979 || October 10, 2004 
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| 70 || style="background:#ff9"|[[Rayfield Wright]] || OT || 1967&ndash;1979 || October 10, 2004 
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| 8 || style="background:#ff9"|[[Troy Aikman]] || QB || 1989&ndash;2000 || September 19, 2005 
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| 88 || style="background:#ff9"|[[Michael Irvin]] || WR || 1988&ndash;1999 || September 19, 2005 
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| 22 || style="background:#ff9"|[[Emmitt Smith]] || RB || 1990&ndash;2002 || September 19, 2005
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| 88 || style="background:#ff9"|[[Drew Pearson (American football)|Drew Pearson]] || WR || 1973&ndash;1983 || November 6, 2011
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| 94 || style="background:#ff9" | [[Charles Haley]] || DE || 1992&ndash;1996 || November 6, 2011
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| 73 || style="background:#ff9"|[[Larry Allen]] || OG, OT || 1994&ndash;2005 || November 6, 2011
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| 28 || style="background:#cfecec"|[[Darren Woodson]] || S || 1992&ndash;2004 || November 1, 2015
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| — || style="background:#ff9"|[[Gil Brandt]] || VP Player Personnel || 1960&ndash;1988 || November 29, 2018
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| 94 || style="background:#ff9"|[[DeMarcus Ware]] || LB || 2005&ndash;2013 || October 29, 2023
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| — || style="background:#ff9"|[[Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)|Jimmy Johnson]] || Head Coach || 1989&ndash;1993 || December 30, 2023
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