- Gil Brandt
NFL player
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1933|3|3
Birthplace=Milwaukee, Wisconsin
College=Wisconsin
Position=Vice President of player personnel
Honors=
years=1960-1989
teams=Dallas Cowboys Gil Brandt (born
March 3 ,1933 ) was a Vice President of player personnel for theDallas Cowboys from 1960 to 1988.Brandt served as the Cowboys' chief talent scout since the club's birth in 1960. He had served as a part-time scout for the
Los Angeles Rams under General ManagerTex Schramm in the 1950s. When Schramm took command of the newly formed Dallas franchise in 1960, Brandt was one of the first people he hired. Schramm, Brandt and CoachTom Landry formed the triumverate which guided the Cowboys for their first 29 years.Brandt helped pioneer many of the scouting techniques used by NFL clubs today, such as computer analysis of prospects, converting basketball players and track athletes into football players and finding top free agent rookies, such as
Drew Pearson ,Cliff Harris , andEverson Walls . Brandt was also one of the first NFL talent scouts to look outside the United States for potential players. For example, he looked to Latin American soccer leagues for kickers.A native of Milwaukee and a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin , Brandt worked as a baby photographer before his flair of discovering football talent led him into the NFL. Gil Brandt left the Dallas Cowboys after Jerry Jones bought the team. After a few years out of football, he returned as a print analyst and draft expert. [ [http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2006/04/gil-brandts-amazing-memory/ Gil Brandt After the Cowboys] ] Brandt currently contributes to NFL.com as their main personnel guru, offering insight and commentary on all aspects of players and teams. Gil is also a major contributor in selecting the Playboy All -American Football Team along with sports editor Gary Cole. He is a regular on Sirius NFL Radio Network as a commentator on "Late Hits", "The Red Zone", and the "SIRIUS NFL Tailgate Show." [http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/Page&c=Channel&cid=1104779628676&s=person]References
External links
* [http://www.nfl.com/news/author?id=09000d5d80026e07&fullName=Gil%20Brandt Gil Brandt's NFL.com archive]
* [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spe/2004/feb25football/brandt.html Dallas News.com]
* [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/nfl/stories/041606dnspobrandt.352a373.html Dallas Morning News]
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