Albersheim's 2015 June Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/7/2015
From worst to first, it only took Jerry Jones four years to put together a team alongside head coach Jimmy Johnson that turned one of the worst NFL teams into Super Bowl Champions. Headed by an explosive offense and the NFL's number one ranked defense, Dallas fielded the youngest team in the NFL at the time and posted a franchise best 13–3 record in the regular season. The Cowboys would go on to annihilate the Buffalo Bills by a score of 52-17 in Super Bowl XXVII.
Emmit Smith’s primary backup in 1992 was a former Pitt standout named Curvin Richards. Richards had gained 1,964 yards with 9 touchdowns at Pitt before Dallas drafted him in the fourth round of the 1991 draft. During his rookie season, he carried the ball twice for four yards. One year later, though, he had more chances, gaining 176 yards on 49 carries.
However, in the team’s regular-season finale against the Chicago Bears, Richards fumbled twice, drawing the ire of head coach Jimmy Johnson. The coach famously cut Richards after the game to send a message to the team about avoiding complacency.
- This approximately size 11.25 – 11.5 Balfour 10K ring was a consolation prize to this footnote in Dallas Cowboys history.
- The ring is gorgeous and we would conservatively grade this treasure a 9 out of 10.
- There’s almost a full carat of faux diamonds on this ring.
Richards actually had to fight with the Cowboys to get his ring as he was a persona non-grata as far as head coach Jimmy Johnson was concerned. When they sent Richards his ring, he had to make do without the diamonds.
As far as we know, this is only the 2nd 1992 Dallas Cowboys player ring to ever hit the auction block. We sold Offensive Lineman Erik Williams’ ring in our January 2015 auction for $33,910.
This is your chance to own a real ring at a fraction of the price! Gorgeous!