Obert Clark "Butch" Logan was an American football safety who played in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints.
21 Facts About Obert Logan
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Obert Logan attended Gonzales High School, where he competed in football, basketball, baseball and track.
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Obert Logan set a school mark with an 81-yard run against Southwest Texas State College.
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Obert Logan set a school record with a 79-yard reception against McMurry University.
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Obert Logan set school marks with 23 kickoff returns for 465 yards.
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Obert Logan finished his college career with 33 kickoff returns for 690 kickoff return yards.
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Obert Logan received honorable-mention Little All-American honors as a senior, was a three-time member of the All-Texas team and a three-time All-Southland Conference selection.
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In 1999, Obert Logan was inducted into the Trinity University Hall of Fame.
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Obert Logan was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys after the 1965 NFL draft.
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In 1966, between Renfro being switched to the offense and experiencing some injuries, Obert Logan was able to start in six games and finished with two interceptions.
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Obert Logan played in the 1967 NFL Championship Game.
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Obert Logan was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the 1967 NFL Expansion Draft, becoming the franchise's first starting free safety.
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Obert Logan would spend his last two years of professional football in the Texas Football League.
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Obert Logan was well liked and respected by his teammates for his courage and attitude toward the game.
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Obert Logan then held the same position for one year the Fort Worth Braves of the Texas Football League, which was serving as a farm club for the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Obert Logan was trying his hand in the rodeo business as a rancher, when he accepted the athletic director and his last coaching job for the St Paul Cardinals of Shiner, Texas.
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Obert Logan contracted colon cancer and died in Luling, Texas at his home at the age of 61 on January 21,2003.
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Obert Logan remembered that the first thing Landry told the rookies at training camp was that his priorities were "God, family and the Dallas Cowboys".
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Obert Logan recalled being surprised that football was not Landry's first priority.
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Obert Logan had maintained lifelong friendships with all of these men.
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Obert Logan was undersized and under-everything else but he proved right away that he was a great competitor.