Obert Logan - Personal Life

Personal Life

Logan was well liked and respected by his teammates and his courage and attitude toward the game greatly influenced their lives beyond football.

After the NFL, Logan spent 2 years coaching the San Antonio Toros of the Continental Football League. He then coached for one year the Fort Worth Braves which was serving as a farm club for the Kansas City Chiefs.

He 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 of Shiner, Texas. He contracted colon cancer and died in Luling, Texas at his home on January 21, 2003 at the age of 61 Logan would often tell friends that the most memorable thing about playing football for the Cowboys was Coach 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". Logan recalled being surprised that football was not Landry's first priority.

At his funeral many of his Cowboy's teammates served as his pall bearers, among them were Lee Roy Jordan, Walt Garrison, Bob Lilly, Don Meredith, and Tex Schramm. Logan had maintained life long friendships with all of these men. After Logan's death Cowboy great Lee Roy 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." Logan was survived by his mother Fannie Mae Logan, wife Patricia, and brother James.