Roger Staubach

Roger Staubach, born Roger Thomas Staubach on February 5, 1942 and nicknamed Roger the Dodger and Captain Comeback, is an American former professional football quarterback who spent all 11 of his National Football League seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy, where he played for the Navy Midshipmen and won the 1963 Heisman Trophy, and then served in the U.S. Navy, including a tour of duty in Vietnam. He joined the Cowboys in 1969, succeeding Don Meredith as the franchise quarterback, and led the team to the Super Bowl five times, four as the starter, winning Super Bowl VI and Super Bowl XII. He was named most valuable player of Super Bowl VI, one of four players to win both the Heisman Trophy and the Super Bowl MVP award. He made six Pro Bowls and is the only quarterback among ten Heisman winners in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. After football he founded the Staubach Group, a commercial real estate firm, and received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018.