Roger Staubach

Roger Thomas Staubach (born February 5, 1942), nicknamed "Roger the Dodger", "Captain America" and "Captain Comeback", is a former  in the  (NFL). He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Staubach played for the from 1969 to 1979.

In November 2018 he was awarded the by President.

Sports career
Trained at the, he won the and the  in 1963. During his first year at the Naval Academy, he was diagnosed with.

He was drafted in in  place (tenth round) by the. After serving in the, he actually played from at Dallas, being  at age 27. Staubach joins the Cowboys training camp but is the team's alternate quarterback, being the incumbent. The Dallas franchise won the NFC conference title but lost in to the  on a last minute. After this loss, when he was 29 years old, Roger Staubach asked his coach to play him or trade him so that he could play for another team. .

In 1971, Staubach took over and replaced Craig Morton. This year he won the. In against the, he completed 12 of 19 passes attempted for 119 yards and entered two s, short for 18 yards. Even though had a better game, Staubach was named  in the.

In 1972, he missed much of the season with a shoulder separation but replaced Morton in a divisional playoff game, scoring 2 touchdowns in the last 90 seconds of the game, winning the game 30-28. After this meeting, Staubach becomes titular again.

Roger Staubach and his  give birth to  a  in a  against the  on December 28, 1975 with a desperate pass of 50 yards at 24 seconds from the end of the game which found the receiver's hands for a win 17-14. After the meeting, Staubach told reporters: "I just closed my eyes and said "Hail Mary"" .

The arrival of at the start of the  allows Roger Staubach to have an effective running game threat and to be able to be more liberated at the level of his. passing game. The team advance to the where they face the. In the first quarter, the team covered three s but still managed to lead 10-0. On a third attempt and ten yards left in the third quarter, Roger Staubach found his  in the  for 45 yards to  pass. The Cowboys defense dominated the Broncos' offense, allowing Staubach's side to win by 27-10. In the, against the , the  hit Staubach in the head and knocked her down. Doctors recommend that he retire, and the player undergoes advice in March 1980, refuses an offer of 750,000 dollars}} annually. After Staubach's departure from the Cowboys, the franchise went through a difficult period during the 1980s.

Career as a businessman
Upon his return to the United States, Roger Staubach worked in at the same time while he was still a replacement quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. He created and began to grow his own business, the, in 1977.

In the early 1980s, Staubach worked briefly as for CBS Sports. During a broadcast on November 9, 1980 between the and the, he states that he would like to be bottom middle ground.

Staubach joined the auto racing team Hall of Fame Racing, in NASCAR, with the other historic former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman, who started racing in the 2006 season. always a minor owner of the team.