Peter Gent wrote North Dallas Forty.
Peter Gent, 1973
Yes. Former Cowboys wide receiver Pete Gent (1964-1968) wrote a novel/autobiography in 1973 entitled North Dallas 40. The main characters in the book were a quarterback and wide receiver of a professional football team. It is believed that the quarterback was modeled after Don Meredith and the wide receiver after Gent. The movie was released in 1979 and Gent wrote the screenplay.
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Carrie Underwood
The most famous cowboy would have to be Jose Hernandez, but he wasn't a cowboy he was a writer, poet. He wrote two famous books of poems, that in time were put in one book called Martin Fierro. The reason that i think he's the most famous one is that the poems were about Gauchos (cowboys) in Argentina. In order for him to write about it, he became a Gaucho to experience that life. The life of a Gaucho.
"Should've Been a Cowboy" was written and recorded by country singer Toby Keith. It was his first hit song in 1993.
"North Dallas Forty," a 1973 novel about the violent world of pro football, was written by Pete Gent, who played tight end for the Dallas Cowboys from 1964 to 1968 and for the New York Giants. He died of a pulmonary illness on September 30, 2011. "North Dallas Forty" was made into a 1979 feature film starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, G.D. Spradlin and Dayle Haddon. Gent adapted the movie's screenplay from his book.
only cowboys stay in tune.
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