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6 unusual facts about Roger Staubach


2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game

Prior to the game, Notre Dame had achieved 43 consecutive wins against Navy since the last loss in 1963, when Roger Staubach was quarterback for the Midshipmen.

Chuck Heberling

Perhaps most famously, he was the referee for both the Hail Mary Game (famed for the game-winning touchdown pass from Roger Staubach to Drew Pearson) and The Drive.

Craig Morton

Although Roger Staubach replaced him for the Dallas Cowboys in 1973 and would go on to great success, Morton played seven more NFL seasons than Staubach.

Dallas mayoral election, 2011

Rawlings was endorsed by former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach, former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk as well as city council members Tennell Atkins, Vonciel Jones Hill, and Carolyn Davis.

Jones Lang LaSalle

Roger Staubach, former Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, joined Jones Lang LaSalle’s Board of Directors when his firm The Staubach Company was acquired in 2008.

Roger Wehrli

Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach has called Wehrli the best cornerback he played against, and claims that the term "shutdown corner" originated as a description of Wehrli.



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