Roger Staubach
Roger Staubach was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States on February 5th, 1942 and is the Football Player. At the age of 82, Roger Staubach biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 82 years old, Roger Staubach has this physical status:
Roger Thomas Staubach (born February 5, 1942), nicknamed "Roger the Dodger", "Captain America" and "Captain Comeback", is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He attended the U.S. Naval Academy where he won the 1963 Heisman Trophy, and after graduation he served in the U.S. Navy, including a tour of duty in Vietnam.
Staubach joined the Dallas Cowboys in 1969 and played with the club during all 11 seasons of his career.
He led the team to the Super Bowl five times, four as the starting quarterback.
He led the Cowboys to victories in Super Bowl VI and Super Bowl XII.
Staubach was named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl VI, becoming the first of four players to win both the Heisman Trophy, and Super Bowl MVP, along with Jim Plunkett, Marcus Allen, and Desmond Howard.
He was named to the Pro Bowl six times during his 11-year NFL career.
He is currently executive chairman of Jones Lang LaSalle.
Early years
Staubach was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the only child of Elizabeth (née Smyth) and Robert Staubach. He is of partial German descent, and grew up in Silverton, a northeastern suburb of Cincinnati. He was a Boy Scout as a youth, attended St. John the Evangelist Catholic School, and graduated from the Catholic high school Purcell High School in Cincinnati (now named Purcell Marian High School) in 1960.
Personal life
Staubach married his wife Marianne on September 4, 1965. Together they had five children, Jeffrey, Michelle, Amy, Jennifer, and Stephanie. He and Marianne reside in Dallas, Texas. As of 2017, they had 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
In 1977, he started a commercial real estate business, The Staubach Company, in partnership with Robert Holloway Jr., an associate of Henry S. Miller. He had prepared by working in the off-seasons from 1970 until 1977 for the Henry S. Miller Company. Staubach began working with real estate because "I couldn't have retired at my age and just played golf. First of all, they didn't pay quarterbacks what they do today. And I was 37 with three kids. I kept thinking about [what would happen] if some linebacker takes off my head and I can't play anymore." He said "Henry Miller Jr. was a lot like [legendary Cowboys coach Tom] Landry. They both had similar haircuts ... they both had phenomenal integrity, great work ethic, and they could transfer their strengths to other people."
The Staubach Company has been his primary endeavor since retirement from football. The company first developed several office buildings; Holloway managed construction while Staubach found tenants. In 1982, Staubach bought out Holloway and shifted the company's emphasis from commercial development to representing corporate clients seeking to lease or buy space. This proved fortuitous as a boom in Dallas office construction followed by a recession in the Texas oil industry left the city with excess office space, so companies representing tenants wielded greater influence. The company has worked with major businesses including AT&T, McDonald's Corporation, Hospital Corporation of America and K Mart Corporation. The company was also involved with residential development, with ownership stakes in 27 apartments and other real estate projects in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Some of these were in partnership with Cowboys teammate Bob Breunig through S.B.C. Development Corporation, then a subsidiary of the Staubach Company. Others were collaborations with local developers and investors, including Ross Perot. He served as its chairman and CEO until June 20, 2007, when he announced he would resign as CEO of the multibillion-dollar real estate company he started 30 years earlier.
On July 11, 2008, The Staubach Company was sold to Jones Lang LaSalle for $613 million. Staubach and his children's trust would gross more than $100 million from the sale by 2013. The sale provided an initial payment of $9.27 per Staubach share with additional payments due during the ensuing five years for a total of approximately $29/share. Staubach took half of his first payment in Jones Lang LaSalle stock which was then trading at approximately $59.50/share. Staubach served as executive chairman of the Americas region of Jones Lang LaSalle until his retirement in 2018.
During the 1970s and early 1980s, he was a spokesperson for the men's clothing retailer Anderson Little, appearing in both print and television advertisements. Later, he did television advertisements for Rolaids as well.
During the early 1980s, Staubach worked for a brief time as a color commentator for CBS Sports' NFL telecasts. On November 9, 1980, during a close game between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys, Staubach broadcast a nostalgic comment by exclaiming he would like to be "right down there in the middle of it". The Cowboys lost 38–35.
Staubach jointly owned Hall of Fame Racing, a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series team, with fellow former Cowboy and hall-of-famer Troy Aikman, which began racing for the 2006 season.
In 2009, Staubach was honored with the "Lombardi Award of Excellence" from the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation. The award was created to honor coach Lombardi's legacy, and is awarded annually to an individual who exemplifies the "spirit" of the coach.
On December 27, 2011, Staubach wrote the foreword for a book titled The Power in a Link, published by John Wiley & Sons, authored by United States Military Academy graduate, David Gowel.
Professional career
Staubach was a tenth-round "future" pick for the Cowboys in the 1964 NFL Draft. The Cowboys were drafted one year before his college eligibility was ended (since he was four years out of high school), but due to his four-year military service, he did not play competitively until 1969 as a 27-year-old rookie. In the 16th round (122nd overall) of the 1964 American Football League Draft, he was also drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs, as well as with a future pick.
When he was still serving in the Navy in 1968, he joined the Cowboys' rookie camp, using the majority of his annual military leave. Staubach resigned his naval service just in time to enroll the Cowboys training camp in 1969. With Craig Morton starting at quarterback in 1970, the Cowboys lost by three points to the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl V, losing by three points on a last-second field goal.
Morton started the season as the starter, but Staubach assumed the role after losing to the New Orleans Saints. However, coach Tom Landry switched Staubach and Morton on each play during a game against the Chicago Bears in the seventh week of the season, bringing in the quarterbacks with the play call from the sideline. Dallas gained nearly 500 yards of offense but committed seven turnovers, resulting in a 23–19 loss to a weakening Bears team that dropped the Cowboys to 4–3 for the season, two games behind the Washington Redskins in the NFC East race.
Staubach took over complete quarterbackship in a week-eight victory over the St. Louis Cardinals and led the Cowboys to ten straight victories, including their first Super Bowl victory, 24–3 over the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI in January 1972. He was voted the game's MVP after completing 12 out of 19 passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns as well as rushing for 18 yards. He began negotiating his own deal during the season, a three-year contract worth $75,000 per year.
Staubach missed the majority of the season due to a broken shoulder, but he recalled Morton against the San Francisco 49ers in a divisional playoff and won 30–28. With that result, he earned his regular job and did not revert to it later in his career.
Staubach led the Cowboys to their second Super Bowl victory in 1977. In Dallas' 27–10 victory over the Denver Broncos, he passed for 183 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions, led by his former teammate Morton. Staubach was also responsible for the Cowboys' appearances in Super Bowl X and Super Bowl XIII, where they lost by eight points to the Pittsburgh Steelers both times.
Staubach's offensive teammates included standout receivers "Bullet" Bob Hayes, Lance Alworth, Drew Pearson, and Golden Richards, as well as tight ends Mike Ditka, Billy Joe Dupree, and Jackie Smith, tackle Rayfield Wright, and running back Tony Dorsett. The Hall of Fame includes Dorsett, Hayes, Pearson, and Wright, as well as Alworth, Ditka, and Smith (although these three players were with the Cowboys only at the end of their careers).
Staubach hit career highs in completions (267), passing yards (3,586) and touchdown passes (27), with just 11 interceptions in his final NFL season (1979). He resigned at the end of the season in order to ensure his long-term health, despite the Cowboys' contract being cut for two seasons. He had 20 concussions in his playing career, including six in which he was "knocked out." A doctor at Cornell told Staubach that while his brain tests were fine, another concussion might have life-changing consequences. Danny White, the Cowboys' starting quarterback, has opted to resign and was replaced by him.
Staubach had 1,685 passes for 22,700 yards and 153 touchdowns in 11 NFL seasons, with 109 interceptions. On 410 yards, he gained 2,264 passing yards and scored 21 touchdowns. He had a.750 winning percentage in regular-season games. Staubach had the highest passer rating in the league in four seasons (1971, 1973, 1978, 1979) and led the way in 1973 with 23 touchdown passes. He was an All-NFC pick five times and selected to play in six Pro Bowls (1971, 1975–1979).