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Photo: AP Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close Image 2 of 5 Dallas Cowboys tackle Randy White sacks Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon in a Sept. 30, 1985 game. Moon was sacked 12 times in the game, which Dallas won 17-10. Dallas Cowboys tackle Randy White sacks Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon in a Sept. 30, 1985 game. Moon was sacked 12 times in the game, which Dallas won 17-10. Image 3 of 5 Dallas Cowboys Rayfield Wright shown in this undated file photo was elected Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006, into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Dallas Cowboys Rayfield Wright shown in this undated file photo was elected Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006, into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Photo: AP Image 4 of 5 Bob Lilly walks into the Morton Meyerson Symphony as the guest speaker for Tom Landry Tribute. Bob Lilly walks into the Morton Meyerson Symphony as the guest speaker for Tom Landry Tribute. Photo: SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS Image 5 of 5 Former Cowboys greats join in lawsuit against NFL 1 / 5 Back to Gallery

IRVING – Seven former Dallas Cowboys, including three Hall of Famers, are among the 28 players who filed a suit in Houston on Tuesday claiming the NFL purposefully attempted “to hide a well-known link” between concussions and permanent brain injury.

Hall of Famers’ Randy White, Bob Lilly and Rayfield Wright are plaintiffs. Ring of Honor members Lee Roy Jordan and Chuck Howley and two other Tom Landry era players, Charlie Waters and Walt Garrison, are also complainants.

Matthew C. Matheny of the Provost Umphrey Law Firm is the group’s lead attorney.

“Despite overwhelming medical evidence that on-field concussions have led directly to brain injuries and tragic repercussions for its retired players,” Matheny said in a release, “the NFL not only failed to take effective action to try to protect its other from suffering a similar fate, but also failed to even inform its players of the true risks associated with concussions.

“Some of the plaintiffs can’t even remember to pick up their kids from school due to the brain injuries they will carry with them until they die.”

The complaint alleges the league failed to research, inform and take reasonable action to mitigate the risks associated with multiple concussions.