Walt Garrison

**Walter Benton Garrison** (23 ga Yuli, 1944 - 11 ga Oktoba, 2023) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Amurka wanda ya kasance mai tsaron baya a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa (NFL) ga Dallas Cowboys . Ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta kwaleji a Oklahoma State Cowboys .

## Rayuwar farko
An haife shi a Denton, Texas, Garrison ya yi karatunsa a Makarantar Sakandare ta Lewisville da ke kusa. Ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa a matsayin ɗan wasan baya a layin baya . Ya kuma buga ƙwallon kwando da ƙwallon baseball . 

Garrison ya karɓi tallafin karatu na ƙwallon ƙafa daga Jami'ar Jihar Oklahoma, da niyyar buga wasan tsaron gida a matsayin ɗan wasan baya . Ya fara makaranta a kaka ta 1962 kuma ya buga wasan baya a wasanni biyu kacal da ƙungiyar sabbin 'yan wasa ta buga a wannan shekarar (Arkansas a Stillwater da Oklahoma a Norman). 

A lokacin bazara na shekarar 1963, Phil Cutchin ya zama sabon kocin kuma ya mayar da Garrison zuwa mai gudu, duk da cewa bai buga matsayinsa a makarantar sakandare ba. Duk da cewa Garrison ɗan wasa ne mai taimako, ya kammala kakar wasa ta biyu da yadi 387 na gudu, yadi goma sha biyu kacal bayan shugaban ƙungiyar George Thomas,  kuma ya zo na goma mafi girma a gasar Big Eight Conference . 

A matsayinsa na ɗan shekara 1964, ya jagoranci Big Eight Conference wajen gudu da yadi 730, a gaban Jim Grisham da Gale Sayers . Ya kuma yi bugun touchdown sau 5 da kuma yadi 83 na karɓa. 

Garrison ya kammala kakar wasansa ta ƙarshe da yadi 924 na gudu, yadi 107 na karɓar yadi, da kuma touchdowns 5. Ya kasance na biyu a cikin yadi na gudu a Big Eight Conference, yadi 13 kacal bayan Charlie Brown na Missouri .  Ya ɗauki ƙwallon sau 19 na yadi 121 na gudu a kan Nebraska wanda ba a ci shi ba.  Ya yi gudu na yadi 173 a kan Kansas, kuma ya taimaka wa Cowboys su sami nasarar farko a kan Oklahoma cikin shekaru 20.  Manyan abubuwan da ya yi bayan kakar sun haɗa da halarta a Wasan Gabashin-West Shrine a San Francisco,  Senior Bowl  (ya zaɓi ƙungiyar Outstanding Back of the North),  Wasan Kocin All-America a Atlanta da Wasan College All-Star da Green Bay Packers a watan Agusta 1966.

## Sana'ar ƙwararru

A shekarar 1968, ya yi rikodin ƙwallo 45 na tsawon yadi 271 da kuma touchdowns 5 a matsayin ɗan wasa na baya. A shekarar 1969, ya karɓi ragamar horaswa bayan da Don Perkins ya yi ritaya, inda ya buga yadi 818 na gudu a tarihin aikinsa, yayin da ya zira kwallaye 2 kuma ya kafa ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasan baya na gudu a gasar tare da Calvin Hill .

A shekarar 1970, tare da zuwan sabon ɗan wasa Duane Thomas, ya tattara kwallaye 126 na tsawon yadi 507 da kuma bugun touchdown guda 3. Salon wasansa da kuma yadda yake ji na iya buga rauni ya sa ya shahara a cikin labarin Cowboys, wanda ya haɗa da buga wasan NFC Championship Game da San Francisco 49ers da raunin ƙashi da kuma mummunan rauni a idon sawunsa, amma har yanzu yana da ikon yin rikodin kwallaye 17 na tsawon yadi 71, bugun liyafa guda 3 na tsawon yadi 51 da kuma bugun touchdown guda ɗaya.  An ruwaito a kafofin watsa labarai cewa masu horarwa suna buƙatar yadi 36 na tef don shirya shi don bugawa a Super Bowl V.

A lokacin gasar Dallas ta 1971, ya nuna ƙwarewarsa ta kama ƙwallon, inda ya jagoranci ƙungiyar da liyafa 40. A wannan shekarar, 'yan wasan Cowboys sun yi tsere uku har zuwa nasarar Super Bowl VI . 

A shekarar 1972, an nuna Garrison a shafin *mujallar Sports Illustrated* saboda fitowarsa ta farko ta wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ; hoton ya fito ne daga Super Bowl VI a watan Janairu.  A lokacin kakar wasa, ya sami rauni mai tsawon ƙafa 16 a ɗaya daga cikin yatsunsa yayin da yake yin abin da ya fi so ( yana yin wasa da kansa ). An sanya masa suna a cikin Pro Bowl, bayan ya yi nasarar yin yadi 784 da bugun touchdown 7, duk da cewa yana cikin harin gudu mai kawuna uku. Ya buga wasa a Pro Bowl kwanaki kaɗan bayan ya ji rauni a fuskarsa yayin da yake kokawa da sitiyari .

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