“If the Cowboys ever decide to put a woman in their Ring of Honor, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone more deserving than Ms. Dee Brock,” one tribute read

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Dee Brock, the founding director of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, died at 96 on Sept. 23

Part of her history includes integrating the cheer squad in 1965, a progressive move in a largely segregated Dallas at the time

The uniform she helped create was added to the Smithsonian Institution in 2018 as a symbol of pop culture history

Dee Brock, known for her role as the founding director of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, has died. She was 96.

On Wednesday, Sept. 23, Greg Whiteley…

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