Pettis Norman

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Pettis Norman

| image =

| caption =

| number = 84, 88

| position = Tight end

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|1|4|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Lincolnton, Georgia, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 222

| high_school = West Charlotte {{nowrap|(Charlotte, North Carolina)}}

| college = Johnson C. Smith

| afldraftyear = 1962

| afldraftround = 16

| afldraftpick = 123

| pastteams =

Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|1962}}–{{NFL Year|1970}})
San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|1971}}–{{NFL Year|1973}})

| highlights =

2× All-CIAA (1960, 1961)

| statlabel1 = Games

| statvalue1 = 162

| statlabel2 = Receptions

| statvalue2 = 183

| statlabel3 = Receiving yards

| statvalue3 = 2,492

| statlabel4 = Touchdowns

| statvalue4 = 15

| pfr = NormPe00

}}

Pettis Burch Norman (born January 4, 1939) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and the San Diego Chargers. He played college football at Johnson C. Smith University.

Early life

Norman was born in Lincolnton, Georgia on January 4, 1939{{cite web| url=https://www.nfl.com/players/pettis-norman/| title=Pettis Norman NFL | website=NFL.com | access-date=June 10, 2020}} to Fessor and Elease "Eloise" Norman (née Booker) as the youngest of ten children.{{cite web| url=https://www.dallascowboys.com/audio/the-cowboys-legends-show-with-pettis-norman-219236| title=The Cowboys Legends Show with Pettis Norman | access-date=July 2, 2020}} He was ten years old when his father died, and his family moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended Biddlesville Elementary School, Northwest Junior High, and West Charlotte High School, where he made the team in his junior season and became a standout starter in his final year. He enlisted in the Air Force but was granted a release before attending boot camp due to a football scholarship offer from Johnson C. Smith University, a Historically Black University, by then coach Eddie McGirt, without ever having seen him play.{{cite web| url=https://goldenbullsports.com/news/2008/6/26/062608aaa_79.aspx?path=general| title=JCSU Honors Three Distinguished Coaches | access-date=June 10, 2020}}{{cite web| url=https://www.ourstate.com/north-carolina-football-team-trivia/| title=North Carolina Football Team Trivia Across All Divisions | date=September 12, 2016 | access-date=December 30, 2021}}

He was named the starter and team MVP at split end as a freshman.{{cite web| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2238&dat=19591020&id=nVdGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jOUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3759,4045559 | title=Smith sophs drub Delaware by 42-0 | access-date=April 30, 2017}} He was a two-way player and became a two-time All-CIAA selection. As a senior he had a game with 5 receptions for 133 yards, 2 touchdowns and was credited with 14 tackles. Norman also lettered in track and field, once posting a 9.7 seconds 100-yard dash.

Professional career

=Dallas Cowboys=

Norman was selected by the Dallas Texans in the 16th round (123rd overall) of the 1962 AFL Draft, but wasn't chosen in the NFL Draft due to the Texans spreading rumors that they had already signed him to a contract. This situation influenced him to join the Dallas Cowboys in 1962 as an undrafted free agent.{{cite web| url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/gil-brandt/enshrinement/ | title=Gil Brandt Enshrinement Speech | access-date=December 30, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://richmondfreepress.com/news/2015/jan/30/hbcu-athletes-super-bowl-past/ | title=HBCU athletes with Super Bowl past | access-date=December 30, 2021}} He was used mostly on special teams during his first two seasons and wore #84 throughout his Dallas Cowboys career.{{cite web| url=https://insidethestar.com/jay-novacek-greatest-84-dallas-cowboys-have-ever-had/ | title=Jay Novacek: Greatest 84 Dallas Cowboys Have Ever Had | date=June 22, 2015 | access-date=December 30, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://ryanbush.biz/old-dallas-cowboys-memories-of-training-camp-arent-so-fond/ | title=Old Dallas Cowboys' Memories Of Training Camp Aren't So Fond | work=DC Vault | date=July 31, 2016 | access-date=December 30, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-23-sp-1886-story.html | title=NFL DRAFT: HIT AND MISS — Sometimes, the Big Names Were the Last Ones Taken in the Draft | website=Los Angeles Times | date=April 23, 1989 | access-date=December 30, 2021}}

In 1963, he was initially used as a split end and started 6 games, before being moved to tight end because he excelled in blocking. The next year, he became a full-time starter and manned the Cowboys tight end position for nearly a decade. In 1965 and 1966, Norman split the tight end job with Franklin Clarke.

He played in the 1967 NFL Championship Game, often referred to as the "Ice Bowl."{{cite web| url=https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/spagnola-rather-amazing-50-years-ago-sunday-ice-bowl-still-frozen-in-time-451786 | title=Spagnola: Rather Amazing 50 Years Ago Sunday Ice Bowl Still Frozen In Time | access-date=June 10, 2020}} against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field in sub-zero temperatures.{{cite web| url=https://www.weather.gov/grb/123167_Icebowl | title=December 31, 1967: Weather During the Icebowl | access-date=June 10, 2020}}{{cite web| url=https://www.nfl.com/news/remembering-what-it-was-like-on-the-sideline-at-the-ice-bowl-0ap3000000899709 | title=Remembering what it was like on the sideline at the Ice Bowl | website=NFL.com | access-date=June 10, 2020}} The Dallas Cowboys lost 21–17 in the last minutes of the game, due in large part to Bart Starr's quarterback sneak play.{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JE6wtTtP0c | title=Blackie Sherrod: Ice Bowl radio broadcast | website=YouTube | access-date=December 29, 2020}}

When Ditka joined the Cowboys in 1969 after having been a 4 time All-Pro tight end with the Chicago Bears, Norman remained the starter, but split playing time with Ditka to provide great blocking and leadership along the offensive line.

Norman also started in Super Bowl V, which was a loss to the Baltimore Colts.{{cite web| url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2978810/| title=Pettis Norman IMDb | website=IMDb | access-date=June 10, 2020}} The sports announcer Jack Buck during his two-year stint covering the Cowboys, famously referred to him on the air as Norman Pettis, prompting Blackie Sherrod, a sportswriter in Dallas, to write: "Dallas fans are tired of Pettis Norman constantly being referred to as Norman Pettis by broadcaster Buck Jack."{{cite web| url=https://www.chron.com/sports/barron/article/Notebook-Local-voices-praise-Buck-2058826.php | title=Notebook:Local voices praise Buck | date=June 21, 2002 | access-date=December 29, 2020}}{{cite news| url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1978/12/11/the-monday-night-alternative | title=THE MONDAY NIGHT ALTERNATIVE | newspaper=Sports Illustrated Vault | Si.com | access-date=December 29, 2020}}{{cite web| url=https://www.washingtonfootball.com/news/dallas-week-dawns-the-feud-goes-on-just-because-3450244 | title=Dallas Week Dawns, The Feud Goes On...Just Because | access-date=December 29, 2020}}Buck, Jack. [https://books.google.com/books?id=FG2CDwAAQBAJ&dq=Jack+Buck+Pettis+Norman&pg=PT236 That's a Winner!], (Sport Publishing 1997){{cite web| url=https://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2018/10/starr-to-taylor-touchdown.html | title="Starr. To Taylor. Touchdown." | date=October 11, 2018 | access-date=December 29, 2020}}Ribowsky, Mark. [https://books.google.com/books?id=KTgDAQAAQBAJ&dq=Jack+Buck+Pettis+Norman&pg=PT285 The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry], (W. W. Norton & Company 2013)

After trading Lance Rentzel, the Cowboys replaced Norman with future hall of famer Lance Alworth and Norman was sent to the San Diego Chargers as part of the "Bambi trade" in May 1971, that also involved Ron East and Tony Liscio.{{cite web| url=https://www.star-telegram.com/latest-news/article3822226.html | title=Trading wasn't always so difficult in the NFL | access-date=December 29, 2020}}

=San Diego Chargers=

In his first season with the San Diego Chargers, Norman was named the starter at tight end and had a career-high 27 catches for 358 yards. He played with the Chargers until he retired after the 1973 season because of a degenerative knee condition, having played 12 years and 162 games, receiving 183 passes for 2,492 yards and 15 touchdowns.{{cite web| url=https://www.nfl.com/players/pettis-norman/stats/career | title=Pettis Norman TE | website=NFL.com | access-date=December 29, 2020}}

Personal life

Norman enlisted in the Texas Army National Guard in 1962 and served until 1968 while playing for the Dallas Cowboys. He married his junior high sweetheart, Margaret Ann Clinkscales, on December 22, 1962, and had three daughters before becoming widowed in 1991. The Reverend Jesse Jackson eulogized Norman's late wife. In 1995, Norman married Ivette Hightower, daughter of the late Master Chief Harry Hightower for whom Hightower Hall at Naval Station Norfolk was named.{{cite web| url=https://www.facebook.com/NavalStationNorfolk/photos/master-chief-harry-hightower-with-his-family-in-front-of-his-namesake-building-h/10150440194463494/| title=Naval Station Norfolk | website=Facebook | access-date=June 10, 2020}} The Reverend Jesse Jackson officiated the wedding.{{cite web| url=https://pettisnorman.com/biography/| title=Biography | access-date=June 10, 2020}}

Norman was active in changing the segregationist climate within the Cowboys and later the City of Dallas, helping to organize marches during the civil rights movement, influencing the changing of the team's roommate assignments and breaking social barriers.{{cite web| url=https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/objects/naacp-picket-front-row-left-to-right-c-jack-clark-travis-clark-roosevelt | title=Marion Butts Photo, Downtown Dallas | date=October 10, 2019 | access-date=December 29, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19901031&id=kVJSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ljYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5697,6033684 | title=Few Minorities in Country Clubs | access-date=April 30, 2017}}{{cite web| url=https://dallaslibrary2.org/marionbutts/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/L2-Marion-Butts-Elected-Officials-PresentationPPT.pdf | title=African American Elected Officials: Marion Butts Collection, Dallas Public Library | access-date=December 30, 2021}}Ribowsky, Mark. [https://books.google.com/books?id=KTgDAQAAQBAJ&dq=Jack+Buck+Pettis+Norman&pg=PT285 The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry], (W. W. Norton & Company 2013) He and several Dallas Cowboy teammates marched for civil rights with the Jesuits in 1965 in downtown Dallas.{{cite web| url=https://jesuitscentralsouthern.org/Story?Feature=Responding-to-the-Call:-Jesuits-and-Racial-Justice&TN=PROJECT-20181008011550 | title=Responding to the Call: Jesuits and Racial Justice | access-date=July 5, 2020}}{{cite web| url=https://dodgeburnphoto.com/2015/09/icp-aquires-african-american-photography-archive/ |title=ICP Acquires African-American Photography Archive |date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=July 5, 2020}} Norman protested again in 1971 when council member George Allen was passed over as Mayor Pro Tem of Dallas despite reassurances to the contrary.{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrQJzyfKXQw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/NrQJzyfKXQw |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live| title=WFAA Collection of the G. Williams Jones Collection at SMU |website=YouTube |date=November 20, 2019 | access-date=July 5, 2020}}{{cbignore}}

After his retirement from the NFL, Norman became a successful businessman in different ventures (fast food franchises, apartment complexes, real state development, fuel transportation, convenience stores, etc.).{{cite web| url=https://www.bulktransporter.com/archive/article/21640928/dallas-cowboys-teamwork-pays-off-for-dallas-transportation-company | title=Dallas Cowboys Teamwork Pays Off For Dallas Transportation Company| date=November 1998| access-date=December 30, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://dallascityhall.com/government/citycouncil/district8/DCH%20documents/District%208%20Final%20Report.pdf | title=DISTRICT 8 Final Report by Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins| access-date=December 30, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19840125&id=ME8NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=720DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4740,4786278 | title=Do whites get more jobs than blacks? | access-date=April 30, 2017}}{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBw721LknFw | title=Pettis Norman | website=YouTube | access-date=December 31, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/07/28/story5.html | title=Work begins for South Dallas task force | access-date=December 31, 2021}}

In 1975, Norman became a television announcer and color commentator for the World Football League, formed in 1973 by attorney and businessman Gary Davidson. He broadcast on WRET TV 36 (Charlotte, NC), WGHP TV9 (High Point, NC), and WCTG TV 17 (Atlanta, GA) with John Sterling.{{cite web| url=http://www.charlottehornetswfl.com/summaries_1975/week_13.php | title=1975 WFL Game Summaries Media Information | access-date=June 10, 2020}}

He founded the Dallas Together Forum in the 1990s, an initiative that worked with Dallas CEOs to improve minority hiring and award contracts to women-owned and minority-owned businesses.{{cite web| url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1994/november/forum/ | title=Dallas Together Forum leaders reflect on past sins, "The Big Event, " and a new covenant. | date=November 1994 | access-date=July 5, 2020}}{{cite web| url=https://dallascitizenscouncil.org/page/about | title=Dallas Citizens Council | access-date=July 5, 2020}}{{cite web| url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2020/08/16/2020s-challenge-become-a-better-dallas/ | title=Dallas business leaders say they're committed to inclusion after the summer protests. Will it last? | date=August 16, 2020 | access-date=December 28, 2021}}

He is as a member emeritus of JCSU's board of trustees,{{cite web| url=https://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2020/08/11/hbcu/jcsu-alum-former-dallas-cowboys-star-norman-pens-autobiography/| title=JCSU alum, former Dallas Cowboys star Norman pens autobiography, Recounts 12-year NFL career and beyond| access-date=December 28, 2021}} has served as a keynote speaker, advisor, board member, and volunteer for numerous organizations,{{cite web| url=https://www.friendsofthedallaspolice.org/leadership/| title=Leadership| access-date=December 28, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth532606/m1/160/| title=Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 16, Page: 160 | year=1971 | access-date=December 28, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://www.wnypapers.com/news/article/current/2015/07/31/121579/trey-whitfield-foundation-honors-mahers-commitment-to-educational-access| title=Trey Whitfield Foundation honors Maher's commitment to educational access | access-date=December 28, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://dallascityhall.com/government/Council%20Meeting%20Documents/2014/PS_SaferDallasBetterDallas_042814.pdf| title=Dallas Police Department Safer Dallas Better Dallas | access-date=December 28, 2021}} and was involved in charity golf tournaments benefiting various causes and nonprofits.{{cite web| url=https://oakcliff.bubblelife.com/community/bishop_dunne_catholic_school/library/35840990/key/351443410/12th_Annual_Bishop_Dunne_Golf_Classic_the_Best_One_Yet | title=12th Annual Bishop Dunne Golf Classic the Best One Yet! | access-date=December 28, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://www.abqjournal.com/1006143/the-final-putt.html | title=Water woes chart the life and death of a golf course | work=Albuquerque Journal | date=May 21, 2017 | access-date=December 28, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://africanamericangolfersdigest.com/african-american-pastor-becomes-new-owner-of-the-golf-club-of-dallas/| title=African American Pastor Dr. Tony Evans Becomes New Owner of The Golf Club of Dallas | date=May 8, 2020 | access-date=December 28, 2021}}

Norman sued the Dallas Cowboys and San Diego Chargers, claiming medical negligence in the handling of his injured knee.{{cite web| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19790914&id=yDwsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sc0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3016,2943585 | title=Norman Files Suit Against Dallas | access-date=April 30, 2017}}{{cite web| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19771201&id=9AgdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7Z4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4346,69007 | title=Norman wins suit against Chargers | access-date=April 30, 2017}}

On December 2, 2014, the Dallas Police Department reported that Sharneen Norman, who also went by "Shawn," died from a gunshot wound. She was the eldest of Norman's three daughters.{{cite web| url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2014/12/05/dallas-police-found-woman-shot-to-death-in-downtown-apartment-monday-evening | title=Dallas police believe man who killed daughter of former Dallas Cowboy Pettis Norman committed suicide | date=December 5, 2014 | access-date=April 30, 2017}}

Awards and recognition

Norman was featured on the History Channel's History Stories regarding his recollection of the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, and the Dallas Cowboys' subsequent loss to the Cleveland Browns two days later.{{cite web| url=https://www.history.com/news/jfk-assassination-dallas-cowboys-cleveland-browns-1963 | title=Two Days After JFK's Assassination, the Dallas Cowboys Faced Backlash| access-date=December 28, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/days-jfk-assassination-nfl-played-article-1.1526740 | title=Hours after JFK was assassinated, NFL commish Pete Rozelle made the decision he would live to regret | website=New York Daily News | date=November 23, 2013 | access-date=December 28, 2021}}

He was recognized in the Congressional Record by the Honorable James M. Collins (October 13, 1972) as a Dallas Park Board member,{{cite web| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1972-pt27/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1972-pt27-3-3.pdf | title=Report to the Third Congressional District of Texas | access-date=December 28, 2021}} by the Honorable Martin Frost (September 30, 1985 and February 3, 1988) during Minority Enterprise Development Week and regarding police-community relations,{{cite web| url=https://www.congress.gov/99/crecb/1985/09/30/GPO-CRECB-1985-pt18-7-3.pdf | title=156 Cong. Rec. E861 - MINORITY ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT WEEK | access-date=December 28, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://www.congress.gov/bound-congressional-record/1988/02/03/extensions-of-remarks-section?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22%5C%22pettis+norman%5C%22%22%2C%22%5C%22pettis%22%2C%22norman%5C%22%22%5D%7D&s=2&r=3 | title=100th Congress, 2nd Session Vol. 134, Part 1 — Bound Edition | access-date=December 28, 2021}} and by the Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson (May 18, 2010 and January 8, 2019) for his contributions to the City of Dallas.{{cite web| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2010-05-18/CREC-2010-05-18-pt1-PgE861-2 | title=156 Cong. Rec. E861 - RECOGNIZING PETTIS NORMAN | access-date=December 28, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2019-01-08/CREC-2019-01-08-pt1-PgE17 | title=165 Cong. Rec. E17 - BIRTHDAY WISHES TO PETTIS NORMAN | access-date=December 28, 2021}}

In 1977, he was inducted into the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hall of Fame.{{cite web| url=https://theciaa.com/hof.aspx?hof=192 | title=CIAA Pettis Norman | access-date=April 30, 2017}}{{cite web| url=https://theciaa.com/news/2017/6/29/6_29_2017_376.aspx | title=Celebrating 125 Years of Black College Football | access-date=December 30, 2021}}

In 2010, he was inducted into the Black Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite web| url=https://collections2.swco.ttu.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.12255/94243/Southwest_Digest__2001-11-15.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y | title=Seventeen Sports Legends Inducted at 6th Annual Black Sports Hall of Fame | access-date=December 28, 2021}}

In 2017, he was honored as a Dallas/Fort Worth Black Living Legend.{{cite web| url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1439260/ | title=UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records | year=1987 | access-date=December 28, 2021}}

In 2017, he was included on the Mecklenburg Sports Wall of Fame in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.{{cite web| url=https://goldenbullsports.com/news/2017/5/26/general-jcsu-legend-pettis-norman-receive-plaque-on-mecklenburg-sports-wall-of-fame.aspx | title=JCSU Legend Pettis Norman Receives Plaque on Mecklenburg Sports Wall of Fame | access-date=December 28, 2021}}

Johnson C. Smith University's most prestigious sports award, the Pettis Norman Male and Female Athlete of the Year Award, is given annually to the school's most outstanding student-athletes.{{cite web| url=https://static.goldenbullsports.com/custompages/PDFs/Awards_Banquet_13.pdf | title=Chasing Our Dreams: 2012-13 Athletics Awards Ceremony | access-date=December 28, 2021}}{{cite web| url=http://goldenbullsports.com/news/2011/5/5/GEN_0505115915.aspx | title=JCSU Athletics Honors Their Student-Athletes At 2011 Athletic Awards Ceremony | access-date=April 30, 2017}}{{cite web| url=https://goldenbullsports.com/news/2019/6/19/general-jcsu-athletics-closes-out-the-2018-19-season-at-smittys-golden-awards.aspx | title=JCSU Athletics closes out the 2018-19 Season at Smitty's Golden Awards | date=June 19, 2019 | access-date=June 10, 2020}}

Norman is known for his television and documentary appearances on The NFL on CBS, The NFL on NBC, NBC Sports, NFL Monday Night Football, and NFL Films.{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2978810/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm | title=IMDb Pettis Norman Biography| website=IMDb| access-date=December 28, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2013/11/11/costas-tonight-special-no-day-for-games-the-cowboys-and-jfk-debuts-wednesday-nov-20-at-11-pm-et-on-nbcsn/ | title="COSTAS TONIGHT SPECIAL — NO DAY FOR GAMES: THE COWBOYS AND JFK" DEBUTS WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20 AT 11 PM ET ON NBCSN | date=November 11, 2013 | access-date=December 28, 2021}} He has appeared in numerous media including The New York Times,{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/27/us/race-issue-boils-over-in-dallas.html | title=Race Issue Boils Over In Dallas | newspaper=The New York Times | date=June 27, 1996 | access-date=December 28, 2021| last1=Applebome | first1=Peter }} Texas Monthly,{{cite web| url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/don-merediths-son-upcoming-documentary-first-cowboys/ | title=Don Meredith's Son on His Upcoming Documentary 'First Cowboys' | work=Texas Monthly | date=November 12, 2017 | access-date=December 28, 2021 | last1=Johnston | first1=Abby }}{{cite web| url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/turn-out-the-lights/ | title=Turn Out The Lights | work=Texas Monthly | date=August 1997 | access-date=December 28, 2021 | last1=Cartwright | first1=Gary }} The Dallas Morning News,{{cite web| url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2021/12/10/former-dallas-cowboys-great-pettis-norman-lays-it-all-out-in-new-autobiography/ | title=Dallas Cowboys great Pettis Norman lays it all out in new autobiography | date=December 10, 2021 | access-date=December 10, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2021/12/11/how-pettis-norman-helped-the-dallas-cowboys-deal-with-race/ | title=How Pettis Norman helped the Dallas Cowboys deal with race | date=December 11, 2021 | access-date=December 15, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2021/12/10/pettis-norman-remembers-the-ice-bowl/ | title=Cowboys tight end Pettis Norman recalls 'unbelievable experience' playing Packers in Ice Bowl | date=December 10, 2021 | access-date=December 15, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/cowboys/2015/01/15/cowboys-gather-at-funeral-to-remember-jethro-pugh-a-man-among-men/ | title=Cowboys gather at funeral to remember Jethro Pugh, a 'man among men' | date=January 15, 2015 | access-date=December 28, 2021}} NBC DWF 5,{{cite web| url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/oak-cliff-bible-fellowship-purchases-historic-oak-cliff-country-club-2/2364956/ | title=Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship Purchases Historic Oak Cliff Country Club | date=May 7, 2020 | access-date=December 28, 2021}} the Dallas Business Journal,{{cite web| url=https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/07/28/story5.html | title=Work begins for South Dallas task force | access-date=December 31, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2006/08/28/daily21.html | title=Foundation established to bolster DISD | access-date=December 31, 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2000/03/27/focus3.html | title=Top Retail Brokers | access-date=December 31, 2021}} The Cowboys Legends Show,{{cite web| url=https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/spagnola-nov-22-1963-a-day-you-never-forget-344211| title=Spagnola: Nov. 22, 1963, A Day You Never Forget | access-date=December 28, 2021}} The Charlotte Post,{{cite web| url=https://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2020/08/11/hbcu/jcsu-alum-former-dallas-cowboys-star-norman-pens-autobiography/| title=JCSU alum, former Dallas Cowboys star Norman pens autobiography | access-date=December 28, 2021}} The Charlotte Observer,{{cite web| url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/high-school/article57058493.html| title=Former high school football players to receive Super Bowl honors | access-date=December 28, 2021}} and many others.