Rayfield Wright

'I LOVE BLOCKING, LOVE THE CONTACT. THERE’S A LOT OF SATISFACTION IN KNOWING THAT YOU’RE MOVING YOUR MAN OUT OF THERE. BIGGEST OF ALL IS TO PUT MY MAN ON THE GROUND—I’M ON TOP OF HIM AND THE BALL CARRIER IS 10-15 YARDS DOWNFIELD. THAT’S SATISFACTION.'

Rayfield Wright is the Football Hall of Fame Dallas Dallas Cowboy player and is currently the President of Team Wright Exploration, LLC, all-inclusive oil production corporation , CEO of Wright's Sports and Nutrition, Founder of The Rayfield Wright Foundation, and the co-author of his autobiography titled Wright Up Front.

Only nine players have played football for the Dallas Cowboys longer than Rayfield Wright, and only five players in the history of the Cowboys organization have been to more Pro Bowls than the six Wright was selected to. After playing tight end, tackle and defensive end during his first three NFL seasons, Wright settled in at right tackle in 1970. Before undergoing knee surgery that forced him to miss most of the 1977 season, Wright was acknowledged as the NFL's premier offensive tackle. Wright was selected to six straight Pro Bowls (1971-76) as a tackle while earning All-Pro honors four times and earning recognition on the NFL's all-decade team for the 1970's.

Larry Allen was recently voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame prior to Super Bowl XLVII as the second Dallas Cowboy offensive lineman voted. The first had the nickname "Big Cat", Rayfield "Big Cat" Wright was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006 alongside fellow Cowboy Troy Aikman. Joining Wright and Aikman in that group Harry Carson, John Madden, Warren Moon, and Reggie White

ARLINGTON, Texas - Rayfield Wright won two Super Bowls blocking for Roger Staubach in the 1970s. Today his Pro Football Hall of Fame bust is enshrined in Canton, Ohio, and his Cowboys Ring of Honor plaque hangs at AT&T Stadium.

BTB sits down with Hall of Fame Tackle Rayfield Wright to talk past and present Cowboys football.

Pos:RT, Career: 166 G, 1 TD, 3xAll-Pro(1st), 6xProBowl, Cowboys 1967-1979, born in GA 1945

Larry Rayfield Wright (born August 23, 1945) is a former American football player, an offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League for thirteen seasons and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[1][2]