1962 football card of the player who was the Dallas Cowboys’ first marquee star, halfback Don Perkins. Perkins was one of the first players signed by the team when they joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1960, but a foot injury sidelined him for that season. He became the Cowboys starting halfback in 1961, and was the first player in team history to rush for over 100 yards in a game that year. He was an NFL All-pro in ’62, and had a solid 8 year career with Dallas in the franchise’s formative years as coach Tom Landry began to put together “America’s Team”. He retired at the top of his game, after having his best 2 seasons in 1967 and ’68. Always an underappreciated player in the Cowboys’ long and storied past, Perkins still ranks third on the team’s all-time rushing list, behind Hall of Famers Emmitt Smith and Tony Dorsett.