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Born Thomas Wade Landry on September 11, 1924 in Mission, Texas, he was the son Ron Landry, an auto mechanic. As a child, he shared an attic bedroom with his two older siblings and was nearly killed when he was struck in a car accident.

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Somewhat shy, he was an A student, class president and football standout in high school. During Landry's senior year his team went undefeated and he was offered a football scholarship to the University of Texas. After just one semester, Landry left to serve in the Army Air Corps during World War II, flying 30 missions as a B-17 pilot and surviving a crash landing in the French countryside.

As an All-Pro halfback for the New York Giants, Landry was an extremely emotional player.

In 1954, Landry intercepted three passes against Philadelphia and was voted All-Pro for the first time. The following year

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he went to the Pro-Bowl. It was 1956, when Landry became a defensive assistant, after two years as a player-coach for the Gian