Dallas Cowboys great Everson Walls helping out Burnet Tackle Football League
BURNET — Dallas Cowboy great Everson Walls will sign autographs for a fundraiser June 16 to benefit the Burnet Tackle Football League.
The event is 3-5 p.m. at the Burnet Feed Store Barbecue, 2800 U.S. 281.
Cost is $30 for an autograph, which will go to the league, not Walls, organizer Bobby Shirley said.
“He’s willing to help us out,” Shirley said. “He’s not charging us any money.”
Shirley, who is a collector of autographs from sports figures, said he sent emails to numerous professional athletes across the state. Walls responded back.
“He’s not the one charging the $30 – it’s us for a fundraiser,” he said. “Everson said to set the amount to what we want fans to pay.”
A former cornerback who won Super Bowl XXV with the New York Giants in 1990, Walls donated a kidney to former Cowboys teammate Ron Springs in 2007.