Ed "Too Tall" Jones
American football player
ツー・トール・ジョーンズ
- Born
- 23 February 1951, Jackson
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- American football, boxing
- Occupation
- boxer, basketball player, film actor, American football player
- Height
- 206 cm (6 ft 9 in)
- Weight
- 123 kg (271 lb)
- Nickname
- Too Tall Jones
- Team / club
- Dallas Cowboys, Tennessee State Tigers football
Edward Lee Jones (born February 23, 1951), commonly known as Ed "Too Tall" Jones due to his height, is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for 15 seasons (1974–1978, 1980–1989) with the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL). In 1979, he briefly left football to attempt a career in professional boxing.
A three-time Pro Bowl and three-time All-Pro selection, Jones finished third in voting for Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1974 and eighth for Defensive Player of the Year in 1981. He was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1994, the Black College Football Hall of Fame in 2013, and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2025.
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.