![]() Lewis, Billy Joe DuPree, Mike Renfro, Doug Donley and Chad Hennings ![]() Some of those attending included Roger Staubach, Preston Pearson, Charlie Waters, D.D. A bevy of former teammates and former Cowboys players regularly show up, with Charles Haley this year's special guest. This year's event raised right at $300,000 for the JDRF, pushing his total raised to more than $5 million over the years through this tournament and yearly galas. Crash Too: Also, a shoutout to Cowboys Hall of Fame safety Cliff Harris for putting on his 31st annual charity golf tournament on Monday, raising funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation out at nearby Stonebriar Country Club. Honored to participate once again, though unfortunately for my other two threesome partners since I contribute very little, almost nothing to our scoring. And after asking them all to stand to be recognized, Jerry said, "That old country song, 'They'll walk across Texas.' They'll walk across Texas for Larry, seriously." Pull up a chair and sit down and he'll damn sure tell you about it." Then there was Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, saying of Larry, "Larry Lacewell has influenced everything that the Cowboys weren't when he got there and that they are having been there." Jones was joined by a contingent of current and former Cowboys employees, and the Cowboys owner asked them to stand: Chris Hall, Tom Ciskowski, Walter Juliff, Henry Sroka, Bruce Mays, Todd Williams, Dave Campo and Jim Baker. He's the best defensive coach that's ever been. ![]() Said former Cowboys head coach and longtime Oklahoma head coach Barry Switzer of his one-time defensive coordinator with the Sooners, "Larry was exactly what everybody's been talking about. Several of the speakers perfectly portrayed Lace, the man who equally loved football and to talk.
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