"We lost a good one"Don Meredith dies

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and Monday Night Football broadcast legend Don Meredith died Sunday night. He was 72 years old.

The Dallas Morning News said Meredith died at a hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He had battled emphysema and suffered a minor stroke in 2004.

Nicknamed "Dandy Don," Meredith was a two-time All-American at SMU before playing for the Cowboys from 1960-68. He led the Cowboys from the drudgery of expansion in 1960 to NFL title games in 1966 and '67 before retiring at the age of 31.

Meredith was a member of the original Monday Night Football broadcast crew in 1970 and teamed with Howard Cosell and Frank Gifford, who replaced original play-by-play man Keith Jackson in 1971, to form one of the most-heralded trios in sportscasting history. Meredith often traded barbs with Cosell and would sing "The Party's Over" once a game's outcome was decided.