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Autographed/Signed Bill Bates Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day Football Jersey PSA/DNA COA

Autographed/Signed Bill Bates Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day Football Jersey PSA/DNA COA

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🏈 Bill Bates Signed Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day Football Jersey — PSA/DNA COA — Undrafted to 3x Super Bowl Champion, 15 Seasons, Knoxville Tennessee, Display Your Way

Knoxville, Tennessee produced a Cowboys safety who did what the scouts said could not be done. Bill Bates came out of the University of Tennessee undrafted in 1983 — not a single team in the NFL offered him a pick, not a single phone call on draft day. He showed up to the Dallas Cowboys training camp as a free agent, made the team, and never left. Fifteen seasons. 1983 through 1997. In an era when players moved, got cut, and chased contracts, Bill Bates played his entire career in Dallas and became one of the most beloved special teams players in Cowboys history — the undrafted safety who outlasted everyone and earned three championship rings through pure dedication.

🦃 The Dallas Cowboys play on Thanksgiving Day every year — one of the most enduring traditions in American football, a game that has been part of the holiday since 1966, watched by tens of millions of families every November while the meal is being served and the table is being set. Bill Bates played on that stage in a Cowboys uniform, and this jersey carries the inscription: Thanksgiving Day. While he was in Dallas, the Cowboys won three Super Bowl championships — XXVII, XXVIII, and XXX — and Bates was on the field for all three, a champion who got there not because a team drafted him, but because he refused to leave.

Bill Bates signed this Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day football jersey. PSA/DNA COA authenticated. Display it your way — unframed and ready for whatever frame, case, or display setup speaks to your space. Knoxville, Tennessee, the University of Tennessee, undrafted to champion, Thanksgiving Day, 15 seasons, Cowboys for life.

⭐ Bill Bates Signed Cowboys Thanksgiving Day — PSA/DNA, Undrafted to 3x Super Bowl Champion, 15 Seasons Cowboys, Knoxville TN, Display Your Way

Bill Bates signed Cowboys Thanksgiving Day jersey PSA/DNA — undrafted to 3x Super Bowl champion, 15 seasons, Cowboys safety. Display your way.

📋 Item Details

🔹 Player: Bill Bates
🔹 Team: Dallas Cowboys
🔹 Jersey Color: Cowboys (Thanksgiving Day)
🔹 Inscription: Thanksgiving Day
🔹 Authentication: PSA/DNA COA
🔹 Background: Knoxville TN, University of Tennessee, Dallas Cowboys undrafted free agent 1983, safety and special teams specialist, 15 seasons (1983-1997), 3x Super Bowl champion (XXVII, XXVIII, XXX)

Condition: NOS.

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