Tony Romo: Good Guy and Good Cowboy (Gasp!)

[Gambit]

Though we’re always skeptical of celebrities and pro athletes who do something nice for someone else and then send an e-mail to every newspaper in the country announcing their good deed, we’ve got a feeling that the recent Samaritan-style actions of Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo weren’t intended to garner the kind of good karma that comes from, say, a grandstanding donation of $10,000 to a smattering of charitable causes. (Then again, grandstanding donations of $10,000 to a smattering of charitable causes didn’t help Mike Vick in the karma department.)


On his way home from Sunday’s game against the Browns, Romo stopped to help a couple who was struggling to repair a flat tire.


Bill and Sharon White didn’t initially recognize Romo, due in part to the bandage on his chin that was covering the 13 stitches he received after taking a helmet to the jaw.



The light flickered for Sharon White while Romo was working on the tire. He didn’t answer when she asked if he was who he is. She repeated her question when he finished pumping air into the tire from a cigarette-lighter compressor.



“I didn’t want to bother him,” Sharon said, “but I asked again, ‘You’re Tony Romo, right?’ I knew it was him by then. But he smiled and said, ‘Yes, ma’am.’ I did something no 50-year-old woman should be doing, but I screamed real loud, and then jumped up and hugged him.”


Her husband, Bill, was less concerned about his wife’s PDA with a studly young athlete than he was about ruining his ability to watch the Cowboys-Browns game without knowing the outcome: “Don’t tell me how you guys did,” Bill White said. “I’m going home to watch it.”


Romo didn’t publicize his actions at all; the team didn’t even know about it as of Wednesday. If Sharon White hadn’t sent an e-mail to Randy Galloway of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the story might never have been known.


“He gets almost knocked cold in that game, and I read it took 13 stitches to close the cut, and then there’s a long flight home and Tony’s got to be dog tired, but he still was a good enough person to stop and help us,” Bill White said.


“Look, we’re driving a 10-year old car that is sitting in a parking lot with a flat tire in the dead of night. He could tell by that we’re nothing special. But here’s a young man making millions of dollars, and he’s got all this fame and glory, and he does this? . . . This was a good person we met. A good person with small-town values despite all the big-city fame and fortune.


“f I ever had the opportunity, I’d also like to thank two other people. His mom and dad. They obviously raised him right.”

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/11/romos-good-deed/#comments

It's easy to root for Tony, even if he is a Cowboy. Just amazing how quickly his life changed in the last few years.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Good story. Why isn't the guy fixing the flat......... unless Romo had the air compressor.

 

[nashman]

Thats pretty cool

 

[RugbyMuffin]

Tony who?

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[Pariah]

Good for Romo. More athletes -- heck, more people -- should be as humble and as nice as he is.

...I wish he wasn't a Cowboy.

 

[CardAvenger]

...I wish he wasn't a Cowboy.

Yup. It's really hard to root for him with that star on his head. He seems like a pretty good guy though. If it was anyone else, I would have hoped the car jack gave way.

 

[PortlandCardFan]

Nice story!!!

 

[Russ Smith]

That's a great story.

 

[NeverSayDieFan]

I never liked Roger Staubach as a Cowboy BUT...

I respected him for "who" he was. I laughed the other day when they showed an old interview he did with Phyliis George. He said something like, "I love sex as much as any other guy, I just love it with my wife". She turned red and they both laughed. Anyways, what Tony Romo did is a "class" act. ...And it's AMAZING how one good act can help restore your faith in people. All that being said, BEAT the Cowboys come OCT. to be 5-0!! GO CARDS!!

 

[Totally_Red]

Tony Romo = good guy! Terrell Owens not so much.

 

[Shane]

Yea TO, Pac man, and Tank give enough from the other side to take all the good will I feel toward Romo and the hope that he succeeds

 

[CaptTurbo]

Tony who?

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Who is the dude with the implants in this picture?

 

[red desert]

Great story. Good guy. HOT PIC of Jessica!

 

[ActingWild]

Man, why'd you have to go and post that? I was happy disliking anyone wearing a star on their helmet but now I've got to not only respect him, but wish him well (Never the Cowboys, but I can hope he has individual success, right?). Ugh.

He's a class act.

 

[Lorenzo]

all things aside you have to respect a guy like that. there's something different about him. he is a good person. the cowboys are lucky to have him.

 

[Redheart]

The Cowpies need to trade Romo to us for Q.

 

[CtCardinals78]

I always liked Tony Romo. He always seemed like one of the true class guys of the NFL. Although I hate the Cowboys I felt awful for him as a person when he botched that snap in the playoffs two years back. This validated my impressions about him. As far as him nailing hot celebrity chicks I give him a rousing two thumbs up!

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

I bet he fumbled the tire iron.

My gut instinct tells me he is just a do-good country boy, but how many times do celebrities do stuff like this, knowing full well that news of their good deeds, will spread like wild fire whether they say anything or not?

 

[SuperSpck]

Good for the kid. It's nice to hear he did something cool.

 

[Diamondback Jay]

Tony who?

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One thing's for sure.. SHE'LL never get a flat tire...

Class move by Romo. Gives me hope that there are still some athletes out there who have a shred of decency left.

 

[Diamondback Jay]

I bet he fumbled the tire iron.

My gut instinct tells me he is just a do-good country boy, but how many times do celebrities do stuff like this, knowing full well that news of their good deeds, will spread like wild fire whether they say anything or not?

If he wanted the word to get out, I think he would have made mention to his PR agent and half of his team.

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

If he wanted the word to get out, I think he would have made mention to his PR agent and half of his team.

And look like a douche... Or do nothing, and let it get out anyway and look like a champ.

Like I said, For whatever reason, its not hard to believe that Romo is genuinely a good guy, but when celebs/stars do things like this, I would bet 90 percent do it for the positive publicity they might get in the press.

 

[D-Dogg]

Romo is a fun player to watch. He's got a hell of a lot of heart, and apparently is a classy dude off the field.

I thought it funny the guy said not to tell him who won because he was going home to watch the game. That would be my first thoughts too if I hadn't seen a game and the star of the team somehow crossed my path.

 

[earthsci]

It wasn't Tony Romo. It was his body double. The real Tony Romo was in the back of a limo with hookers (who give their money to Islamic Fundamentalists) doing lines. After getting coked up he cruised the local junior high school to sell heroin.

There.......now we can hate him.

 

[Gambit]

It wasn't Tony Romo. It was his body double. The real Tony Romo was in the back of a limo with hookers (who give their money to Islamic Fundamentalists) doing lines. After getting coked up he cruised the local junior high school to sell heroin.

There.......now we can hate him.

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