# Obert Logan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Obert_Logan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Obert_Logan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obert_Logan > Source revision: 1350480208 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American football player (1941–2003)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox gridiron football biography | name = Obert Logan | number = 25, 0 | position = [Safety](/source/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|12|6}} | birth_place = [Yoakum, Texas](/source/Yoakum%2C_Texas), U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|1|21|1941|12|6}} | death_place = [Luling, Texas](/source/Luling%2C_Texas), U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 180 | high_school = [Gonzales](/source/Gonzales_High_School_(Texas))
([Gonzales, Texas](/source/Gonzales%2C_Texas)) | college = [Trinity (TX)](/source/Trinity_Tigers) (1960-1964) | undraftedyear = 1965 | pastteams = * [Dallas Cowboys](/source/Dallas_Cowboys) ({{NFL Year|1965|1966}}) * [New Orleans Saints](/source/New_Orleans_Saints) ({{NFL Year|1967}}) * Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|1968}})* * San Antonio Toros ([1969](/source/1969_Continental_Football_League_season)) * [Fort Worth Braves](/source/Fort_Worth_Braves) ([1970](/source/Texas_Football_League)) | pastcoaching = * San Antonio Toros (1969)
Defensive coach * Fort Worth Braves (1970)
Defense coach * [Shiner Catholic](/source/Shiner_Catholic_School) (1989–1990)
Head coach | pastexecutive = * Shiner Catholic (1989–1990)
Athletic director | highlights = * 3× First-team All-Texas (1962–1964) * 3× First-team All-[SLC](/source/Southland_Conference) (1962–1964) | statlabel1 = [Interception](/source/Interception)s | statvalue1 = 8 | statlabel2 = Interception yards | statvalue2 = 70 | statlabel3 = [Fumble](/source/Fumble) recoveries | statvalue3 = 2 | statlabel4 = Total [touchdown](/source/touchdown)s | statvalue4 = 1 | pfr = L/LogaOb20 }} '''Obert Clark "Butch" Logan''' (December 6, 1941 – January 21, 2003) was an American professional [football](/source/American_football) [safety](/source/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)) who played in the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL) for the [Dallas Cowboys](/source/Dallas_Cowboys) and [New Orleans Saints](/source/New_Orleans_Saints). He played [college football](/source/college_football) for the [Trinity Tigers](/source/Trinity_Tigers). Logan, whose nickname was "'''The Little O'''", was the last player in the NFL to wear the single-0 jersey until 2023. ==Early years== Logan attended [Gonzales High School](/source/Gonzales_High_School_(Texas)), where he competed in football, [basketball](/source/basketball), [baseball](/source/baseball) and [track](/source/Track_and_field). Originally recruited to [Trinity University](/source/Trinity_University) as a [defensive back](/source/defensive_back), his coaches persuaded him to play both ways. Logan was a four-year starter, playing defensive back, [flanker](/source/Wide_receiver) and [halfback](/source/Halfback_(American_football)). In his first two seasons, he led the team in rushing and in his last two years he led them in receiving. As a senior, Logan set a school and [Southland Conference](/source/Southland_Conference) record with 11 receiving [touchdown](/source/touchdown)s. He set a school mark with an 81-yard run against [Southwest Texas State College](/source/Texas_State_University).{{cite web |url=https://www.trinitytigers.com/sports/fball/Records/rushrecords |title=Trinity Football Rushing Records |publisher=Trinity Football |access-date=February 19, 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Logan set a school record with a 79-yard reception against [McMurry University](/source/McMurry_University).{{cite web |url=https://www.trinitytigers.com/sports/fball/Records/receivingrecords |title=Trinity Football Receiving Records |publisher=Trinity Football |access-date=February 19, 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} He also set school marks with 23 kickoff returns for 465 yards. Logan finished his college career with 33 kickoff returns (school record) for 690 kickoff return yards (school record).{{cite web |url=https://www.trinitytigers.com/sports/fball/Records/returnrecords |title=Trinity Football Punt/Kick Return Records |publisher=Trinity Football |access-date=February 19, 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} Logan received honorable-mention Little [All-American](/source/All-America) honors as a senior, was a three-time member of the All-Texas team and a three-time [All-Southland Conference](/source/Southland_Conference) selection. He also practiced basketball, baseball and track.{{cite web| url=https://trinitytigers.com/history/halloffame/hof1999/obertLogan| title=Trinity Hall of Fame bio| access-date=February 19, 2020| archive-date=June 19, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619001852/http://www.trinitytigers.com/history/halloffame/hof1999/obertLogan| url-status=dead}} In 1999, Logan was inducted into the Trinity University Hall of Fame.{{cite web| url=https://www.trinitytigers.com/history/halloffame/index | title=Trinity University's Hall of Fame | access-date=February 19, 2020}} ==Professional career== ===Dallas Cowboys (first stint)=== Logan was signed as an [undrafted free agent](/source/Free_agent) by the [Dallas Cowboys](/source/Dallas_Cowboys) after the [1965 NFL draft](/source/1965_NFL_draft). The team tried him first at [flanker](/source/Wide_receiver), before moving him to [safety](/source/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)), where he would end up surprising observers by making the Cowboys opening day roster for the [1965 season](/source/1965_NFL_season). As a rookie, Logan was a reserve playing behind [Mel Renfro](/source/Mel_Renfro), until the fifth game, when he was named the starter at [free safety](/source/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)). Early in his first season, he forced a kickoff fumble that resulted in a [touchdown](/source/touchdown). One of his three interceptions came against the [Philadelphia Eagles](/source/Philadelphia_Eagles), when he picked off a [Norm Snead](/source/Norm_Snead) goal-line pass with two minutes left to secure a 21–19 win.{{cite news|title=Cowboys Clip Eagles' Wings, 21–19|newspaper=Dallas Morning News|date=December 6, 1965}} Against the [San Francisco 49ers](/source/San_Francisco_49ers), [Larry Stephens](/source/Larry_Stephens_(American_football)) blocked a [field goal](/source/field_goal) that Logan returned to the Cowboys' 47-yard line, helping the Cowboys set up a last minute touchdown to end a five-game losing streak.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19651108&id=yRQfAAAAIBAJ&pg=5236,1004599|title=Football: A Whacky Game|newspaper=Sarasota Journal|access-date=February 19, 2020}} In the last game of the season against the [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants), he returned a blocked field goal by [Cornell Green](/source/Cornell_Green_(defensive_back)) 60 yards for a key touchdown, helping his team win the game, complete the first non-losing season in franchise history and advance to the [Playoff Bowl](/source/Playoff_Bowl).{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19651218&id=82NGAAAAIBAJ&pg=633,4383810|title=Cowboys Jar Giants for Ticket to Playoff Bowl|newspaper=Schenectady Gazette |access-date=February 19, 2020}} In 1965, he was a key member of the [special teams](/source/American_football_positions) unit which blocked nine field goals (three times as many as other team in the [NFL](/source/National_Football_League) and Logan blocked two of those), five [extra points](/source/Conversion_(gridiron_football)) and one [punt](/source/Punt_(gridiron_football)), totaling 15 kicks blocked.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19660106&id=3XVPAAAAIBAJ&pg=4821,1451525|title=Cowboys Prepare Colts Surprises|newspaper=Ocala Star-Banner|access-date=February 19, 2020}} In [1966](/source/1966_NFL_season), between Renfro being switched to the offense and experiencing some injuries, Logan was able to start in six games and finished with two interceptions. He also played in the [1967 NFL Championship Game](/source/1967_NFL_Championship_Game) (commonly known as the Ice Bowl). ===New Orleans Saints=== Logan was selected by the [New Orleans Saints](/source/New_Orleans_Saints) in the [1967 NFL expansion draft](/source/1967_NFL_expansion_draft), becoming the franchise's first starting free safety. He was released on August 25, [1968](/source/1968_NFL_season).{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/469632553/|title=The Saints trimmed eight players|newspaper=The Daily Review |access-date=February 19, 2020}} ===Dallas Cowboys (second stint)=== On August 28, 1968, Logan was claimed by the Dallas Cowboys.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/15181757/|title=Landry sees Oilers improved, unbeaten|newspaper=Grand Prairie Daily News|access-date=February 19, 2020}} On September 4, he was released and later signed to the [taxi squad](/source/Practice_squad), where he spent the rest of the season.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/221664008/|title=Transactions|newspaper=The Times|location= Shreveport, Louisiana |access-date=February 19, 2020}} On August 30, [1969](/source/1969_NFL_season), he was released after being tried out as a flanker.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19690830&id=TCMcAAAAIBAJ&pg=3981,4714552|title=Surgery Removes Reeves Knee Pin|newspaper=The Victoria Advocate |access-date=February 19, 2020}} Logan would spend his last two years of professional football in the [Texas Football League](/source/Texas_Football_League). ==Personal life== After the [NFL](/source/NFL), Logan spent one season as an assistant player-coach for the San Antonio Toros of the [Continental Football League](/source/Continental_Football_League). He then held the same position for one year the Fort Worth Braves of the [Texas Football League](/source/Texas_Football_League), which was serving as a farm club for the [Kansas City Chiefs](/source/Kansas_City_Chiefs). Logan was trying his hand in the rodeo business as a rancher, when he accepted the athletic director and his last coaching job for the [St. Paul Cardinals](/source/Shiner_Catholic_School) of Shiner, Texas. He contracted colon cancer and died in Luling, Texas at his home at the age of 61 on January 21, 2003. He would often tell friends that the most memorable thing about playing [football](/source/American_football) for the Cowboys was Coach [Tom Landry](/source/Tom_Landry). Logan remembered that the first thing Landry told the rookies at training camp was that his priorities were "God, family and the [Dallas Cowboys](/source/Dallas_Cowboys)". He recalled being surprised that football was not Landry's first priority. At his funeral many of Logan's Cowboys teammates served as his pallbearers; among them were [Lee Roy Jordan](/source/Lee_Roy_Jordan), [Walt Garrison](/source/Walt_Garrison), [Bob Lilly](/source/Bob_Lilly), [Don Meredith](/source/Don_Meredith) and [Tex Schramm](/source/Tex_Schramm). After his death, Jordan said of him, "Obert was just a nice guy. I loved being around him. He was undersized and under-everything else but he proved right away that he was a great competitor. He represented the Dallas Cowboys well."San Antonio Express-News, January 24, 2003. Logan was survived by his mother Fannie Mae Logan, wife Patricia, and brother James. ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} == External links == *[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=20030130&id=4BhZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gUYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6473,7076006 Former Cowboys Logan remembered for more than football] *[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19880811&id=eLxdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Gl4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5406,2552432 Cardinal making major changes under Logan] *{{Find a Grave}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Logan, Obert}} Category:1941 births Category:2003 deaths Category:People from Yoakum, Texas Category:Gonzales High School (Texas) alumni Category:Players of American football from Lavaca County, Texas Category:American football safeties Category:Continental Football League players Category:Dallas Cowboys players Category:New Orleans Saints players Category:Texas Football League players Category:Players of American football from DeWitt County, Texas Category:20th-century American sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Obert Logan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obert_Logan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obert_Logan?action=history)). 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