Jethro Pugh (born July 3, 1944 in Windsor, North Carolina) is a former American football defensive tackle in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys. He played with Dallas for his entire career, from 1965 through 1978. Pugh's achievements as a professional athlete were largely overshadowed for most of his career by Hall-of-Famer Bob Lilly who played defensive tackle on the other side. While Quarterback sacks were not an official NFL statistic during Pugh's career, he is unofficially credited with a career total of 95.5. He led the Cowboys in sacks each season from 1968-1972 with a high mark of 15.5 in 1968.

Pugh attended Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina, where he was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. blank">http://www.flyetapi.org/famous.html

Pugh owns a number of Western-themed gift shops at _Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Texas. He also hosts an annual Jethro Pugh Celebrity Golf Tournament in Dallas to raise funds for the United Negro College Fund. http://www.theparadiesshops.com/artman/publish/printer_13.shtml