Best Dallas Cowboys player in jersey No. 15: Toni Fritsch

As the Dallas Cowboys prepare for their final preseason game, fans are reminded that there are only 15 days until the start of the regular season.

Today we look back at the best player to ever wear number 15 for the franchise.

The number doesn’t have the rich history that other numbers have, but someone has to be the one to carry the torch for the 15.

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Here is the manager of the 15th clubhouse.

Toni Fritsch – K

The second kicker to make the countdown of the best players with his respective number, Toni Fritsch, spent four seasons with the Cowboys in the 1970s.

The Austrian-born kicker did not have any outstanding statistics during his time in Dallas, but he scored the most field goals he ever made in a season (22) with the franchise in 1975.

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Fritsch’s best year was 1979 with the Houston Oilers, where he earned All-Pro honors and was nominated for the Pro Bowl, but his breakthrough came with the Cowboys.

At a time when football was not yet the science it is today, Fritsch made a name for himself and shaped the number 15 in Dallas.

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