The "Scorecard" section of the November 21, 1966 issue of Sports Illustrated has an item worth reading. The Scorecard was featured in the beginning of each SI, consisting of a few pages of brief summaries of what SI considered to be interesting news bits that had taken place in the previous week, some straightforward, some opinionated, and others pretty much pure snark, even back then.
The item called "Most Likely to Succeed" reads:
"This week the Dallas Cowboys are second in the NFL's Eastern Division. Their eminence is not so much attributable to signing All-Americas as it is to culling the overlooked, unappreciated and unwanted -- the free agents, 15 of whom are now on the Cowboys' roster. Two regulars, cornerback Cornell Green and split end Pete Gent, played basketball in college, while safety Mike Gaechter was primarily a track man. And Dan Reeves, who is second in the league in scoring, wasn't even picked on the 20th and final round of the draft. What, for example, did Dallas see in Reeves that the other 14 teams didn't? 'Just say we're lucky,' says Gil Brandt, the Cowboys' scouting director.
"Some luck. Brandt and the Cowboys have a system -- a $250,000 computer system that catalogues and analyzes every prospect. In addition, Dallas relies on an intelligence test and a four-hour motivation and personality exam -- lately shortened to 45 minutes. 'The motivation exam is uncanny,' says Brandt. 'Nine times out of 10 it will accurately predict which player will drop out or be dropped because he lacks the drive or toughness to compete in the big league. Some of the hardest-nosed prospects have failed to fool the test. I frequently disagree with its findings, but you can't argue with accuracy.'
"Dallas has further discovered that a football player is most likely to succeed in the pros if his IQ is between 90 and 124. If it's below 90 a player is just not sharp enough to master the intricacies of the game, and if it is above 124, the player is apt to be too inclined to think for himself, to be overly creative.
"We suppose the exception proves the rule: St. Louis is first in the Eastern Division, thanks to [quarterback] Charley Johnson, who has an IQ of 'over 137,' and Cleveland is third, ditto to [quarterback] Frank Ryan, whose IQ is 155."
Reading that it's not hard to see why the Wonderlic test was first downplayed and then eliminated, with 40 times becoming the foundation of the Caste System and all its lies and exaggerations. And Brandt himself later "grew" to become a reliable Caste Clown.
Of the Cowboys' four free agents mentioned, three are White. Peter Gent, an early White counter-culture flakey athlete, became famous after his career for writing the book "North Dallas Forty," loosely based on his experiences with the Cowboys. The book was later made into a movie of the same name starring Nick Nolte.
Dan Reeves of course later became a long-time NFL head coach with the Broncos, Giants and Falcons, taking Denver and Atlanta to the Super Bowl once, both ending in losses. His teams were relatively White friendly but safely within Caste System boundaries. A good example is Bob Christian, who would have been a very good starting NFL tailback but who in his long career with Atlanta was limited to being a blocking fullback who caught a fair amount of passes for the position but was greatly underused as a runner.