By:
Shelby Foster
School is back in session, leaves are falling, and temperatures are dropping a few degrees, at least – fall is here! And in Texas, fall means football.
In 1966 and 1967, NorthPark Center hosted Football Rally Days, a special weekend-long event kicking off the start of football season. Players from the SMU Mustangs (my alma mater!) and the Dallas Cowboys set up at NorthPark for a day of signing autographs. SMU alum and Cowboys great Don Meredith was in attendance for the 1966 Rally Days.
And of course, style was incorporated with a fashion show featuring ideas for what to wear to a game. The show encircled the fountain outside of Titche-Goettinger, which is Dillard’s today.
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