Bob Lilly played college football for the TCU Horned Frogs.
24 Facts About Bob Lilly
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Bob Lilly was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1981.
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Bob Lilly accepted an athletic scholarship from Texas Christian University, where he was nicknamed "Tiger [Bob Lilly]" by his teammates.
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Bob Lilly became a starter the next year, playing alongside All-SWC defensive tackle Don Floyd, while helping his team earn a tie for the SWC championship with the University of Texas and the University of Arkansas.
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Bob Lilly received All-SWC honors on a defense that allowed only eight points per game.
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Bob Lilly was a consensus All-American as a senior in 1960 and was a 2006 inductee to the East-West Shrine Game Hall of Fame.
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Bob Lilly was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1981.
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Bob Lilly is a notable brother of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, Texas Gamma chapter.
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Bob Lilly began his career as a defensive end in 1961, but midway through the 1963, his third season, Cowboys coach Tom Landry moved him to defensive tackle.
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Bob Lilly made the adjustment, becoming the main man in Dallas' vaunted "Doomsday Defense".
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Bob Lilly was named an All-Pro seven times, and was selected to play in 11 Pro Bowl games.
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Bob Lilly was drafted in the second round in the 1961 AFL Draft by the Dallas Texans.
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Bob Lilly had a distinct stance, the so-called four-point stance, placing both hands on the field instead of the more usual one, generating greater force when rushing straight ahead.
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Bob Lilly's first was returning an interception 17 yards in 1964.
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NFL Films did an eight-minute feature on Bob Lilly and called him the "unblockable, unstoppable, force of the Doomsday Defense".
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Bob Lilly was regularly double- and triple-teamed for the majority of his career due to his impact in the games.
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Bob Lilly has attended every ceremony for each Ring of Honor inductee since.
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Bob Lilly was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980, his first year of eligibility, and was the first player who spent his entire career with the Cowboys to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Bob Lilly entered the Hall of Fame along with former teammate Herb Adderley, as well as David "Deacon" Jones and Jim Otto.
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Bob Lilly is a member of the National Football League 1960s All-Decade Team and National Football League 1970s All-Decade Team.
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When he began traveling with the Cowboys, Bob Lilly regularly had his camera at his side.
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Bob Lilly was a photographer for the Texas Air National Guard where he was an airman 2nd class.
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Bob Lilly spent two weeks in 1967 as part of the Texas National Guard at the Rhein-Main Air Base in West Germany.
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Bob Lilly lived in Las Cruces, New Mexico, from 1984 to 1989, where he opened a photo art gallery, complete with both color and black-and-white darkrooms.