The Dallas Cowboys Mascot Rowdy

In every football team, there is a mascot that may or may not represent the team . Today, one of the famous and controversial mascot in the history of football is ROWDY the cowboy, representing one of the famous football teams, the Dallas Cowboys. Ted Ovletrea started this by playing as Rowdy.

For years and years, the Dallas Cowboys in their NFL jackets have an official mascot known as Crazy Ray Jones before Rowdy the cowboy. Crazy Ray was representing the team from 1962 until his death in 2007. A memorial service in honor of his timely death was held by the Dallas Cowboys organization.

Since 1996, Rowdy became the official mascot of the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys up to today. His tenure overlapped with Crazy Ray's Pro Football Hall of Famer . Rowdy the cowboy participated many activities of the Dallas Cowboys, such as, in the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure, The Salvation Army, The Rise School of Dallas, Special Olympics, retirement centers, hospitals, schools, birthday parties, grand openings, Minor League Baseball games around the country, conventions, jackets parades, grocery store promotions, NBA games, weddings and sometimes takes a visit to the crowd during halftime.

Driving in on his four wheeler creating the game day enthusiastic at Texas Stadium, tossing Dallas Cowboys NFL jackets into the stands, using signs like Let's Go Cowboys, and mocking the opponents is his job, but not limited to, as the Ambassador of the Dallas Cowboys. Every home game and selected away games is participated by Rowdy.

Rowdy proudly represents the Dallas Cowboys in every year's Mascot convention in selected cities. This is the time where the National Football League Mascots can compare and share ideas to help continue mascot antics and ways to market mascot awareness in the convention. Last year it was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where ESPN did a documentary of the mascots that will be featured on ESPN's Under The Helmet.

Just recently though, the team notified Ted Ovletrea, who played the character, that they were letting him go . The officials of the Cowboys need to evaluate the character of Rowdy on game days, and according to the Cowboys spokesman Brett Daniels, he is still part of the team. Because of the evaluation, in 2009 to 2010 season, Rowdy was not seen on game days.