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    alias’ Harris quits ...
THE BATTALION Page 13
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1980
United Press International
K DALLAS — All-pro free safety
Cliff Harris, a charter member of the
f“Doomsday Defense,” Wednesday
announced his retirement from the
uJt Dallas Cowboys, sending another
:a!ft shockwave through a Cowboy squad
itoJhat on Monday may lose quarte
tes| back Roger Staubach.
leifik Harris, 31, a 10-year veteran,
advised the Cowboys at midafter-
lina noon that he would not return to
thel professional football next year. He
heir, scheduled a news conference at Dal-
he las-Fort Worth Airport for later in
nd the day where the announcement
inf would become official.
, BfcIIow safety Charlie Waters, who
was not given advance word of the
retirement, rushed out to the airport
,, when he received word in a vain
attempt to talk him out of it. With
^ 'reporters crowding around, the two
‘ talked about five minutes but Waters
could not dissuade him.
uTM If * t s U P to me > I m R°* n g to talk
him into coming back,” Waters said,
fflut I’d rather find out from him
erS ®^ere he’s coming from.”
‘‘It came as a complete surprise to
us,” said a Cowboys spokesman.
“We had no indication this was com
ing. None at all.”
Last year the Oua
hita Baptist College (Ark.) graduate
was said to have had an off year with
the Cowboys, intercepting only two
passes and returning them a total of
only 35 years.
Harris during his career made 29
interceptions and returned them a
total of more than 280 yards. In 1976
he led the Cowboys in tackles.
Harris, whose entire career was a
Cowboy, played in five Super Bowls
and appeared in five Pro-Bowls.
Staubach has scheduled a news
conference for Monday to announce
whether he would retire. Team offi
cials, including coach Tom Landry,
have indicated they expect Staubach
to leave the team.
“Professional football has been a
great world to be in, but it’s not a real
world and it can’t last forever,” he
told reporters. “I have to think of my
career and the rest of my life. I found
something, not like football, but
something I’ll enjoy.”
Harris said he was going to work
for U.S. Companies, an oil com
pany. He said his duties would
involved going around the country
and the world looking for oil fields
and then raising the money to drill.
“I want to pursue the oil business
like I did football,” he said. “I don’t
want to pursue it halftime.
“I’ve been real lucky, enjoyed ev
ery minute (of my career). It
wouldn’t have been the same work
ing for any other team. The Dallas
Cowboys are a great team, it’s a great
organization.”
He said he had been thinking ab
out retirement for the past few years
and made his decision at the end of
last season, although waiting until
now to announce it.
He said Landry took the news
without emotion.
“He didn’t start crying, but he
didn’t laugh either,” Harris said.
“He hasn’t in the past 10 years so I
suppose if he had, I would have been
shocked. ”
He also said Staubach was one of
the people he talked to about retire
ment but the fact that Staubach may
retire had nothing to do with his
decision.
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KDALLAS — Dallas Cowboys
[Coach Tom Landry and General
Manager Tex Schramm apparently
don’t expect quarterback Roger
Staubach to return for another
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Staubach, 38, has called a news
conference at Texas Stadium for
Monday to announce whether he
will retire or play another season.
3n ? 111 Speculation has increased that
,rarai Staubach will quit.
Paejlu a Dallas Times Herald column
im hosp* F ran k Luksa, Landry was asked if
1 would be surprised if Staubach,
lur times the NFL’s leading passer,
umed.
“Yes, I would be at this stage,”
[ndry responded.
His inkling all the time was that
he would retire. I haven’t seen any-
hesakTBng to say different to this point,
rell r But I don’t know.”
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United Press International
OUSTON — The Houston
kets used a balanced sco/ing
ck led by Moses Malone and
>ert Reid with 19 points each
dnesday night to beat the San
tonio Spurs, 113 to 101, and to
|ve into fifth place in the Eastern
iference playoff standings,
he Spurs defeated Houston by 19
juts Tuesday night in San Antonio,
three first-quarter fouls on Spurs’
:enter John Shumate allowed
lalone, who also grabbed 16 re-
KJiinds, to have room to spark the
kets to a 19-point lead in the first
“Generally you don’t call a press
conference to announce you’re going
to continue to play,” Schramm said.
“I still have hopes he will consider
playing another year because I think
it’s very important to the team and all
Staubach fans, myself included. ”
Although his overall conditioning
is considered excellent, Staubach
has suffered several concussions in
games in the past two seasons and
has said he is concerned about his
health. He underwent a series of
tests during the winter to determine
the effects of concussions.
Staubach also has indicated he
would like to spend more time with
his family.
If he does choose to retire he will
perhaps choose to try his hand at
broadcasting. A local report last
week indicated CBS-TV was willing
to hire Staubach at $10,000 per game
as an analyst for NFL games.
revenge
Rockets
half.
Five other Rockets scored in dou
ble figures with Rudy Tomjanovich i
adding 18 and Calvin Murphy scor
ing 16.
With the victory, Houston moved
one-half game ahead of the New York
Knicks in the playoff picture. Hous
ton, 39-41, has two games remaining
while the Knicks, 39-42, have one.
San Antonio, the fourth-place
team in the Eastern Conference and
already assured of a playoff berth,
was led by George Gervin’s 20
points.
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