As the primary publicist for the Dallas Cowboys since 1990, Rich Dalrymple has been on hand for seven division titles and three Super Bowl championships. His office, in the organization’s training complex in Irving, Texas, is one of only two in the building that looks out on owner Jerry Jones’ private parking space. Consequently, Dalrymple said, “I almost always know when he is in the building. That view has a direct effect on my blood pressure.”
The office is furnished with personal objects and keepsakes.
“Just about everything in there is a real item,” he said. “Things you can only pick up from being in locker rooms and around many interesting people in the business. I love authentic things. As a result, I have collected a lot of unique mementos and artifacts from my days in Dallas.”
1. A painting of Troy Aikman. 2. London police officer’s hat (picked up in a trade for a Cowboys helmet at Wembley in 1993). 3. Replica of Three Rivers Stadium. 4. Pylon that Dalrymple sneaked inside for winning TD inplayoff game at Westminster College in 1981.
5. All-Madden Trophy presented to Dalrymple by John Madden. 6. Wooden football. 7. Penalty flag between photos of family and Jerry Jones. 8. NFL Films clapboard, a gift from Steve Sabol.
A Jay Leno-autographed football next to a 2007 divisionchampionship ball from the team’s victory in Detroit last December
Toy cars (“Occasionally players’ children find their way intomy office,” Dalrymple says.)
Walter Payton’s jersey — a gift from Eddie Payton in 2002 when Emmitt Smith broke Walter’s record; an NFL75th anniversary logo helmet from 1994; Cowboys Monopoly, hat and helmet
Replica of Texas Stadium; Bloomfield Rams patch (“My fatherplayed semipro with Johnny Unitas in 1955.”)
Jones and Bill Parcells on Fortune cover; Howie Long’s “Tough Guys” helmet;encased Post-It Note from Jimmy Johnson from 1993 NFC championship game
